On Thu, 2003-04-17 at 21:58, Gerry Tool wrote: > On Thu, 2003-04-17 at 20:06, R Sanchez wrote: > > > 2) Don't know what the heck is going on with RPM. I installed a package > > (think it was one of the doc's SRPM) with the usual > > > > rpm -Uvh rhl-rg-es-X-X-X-src.rpm (more or less) > > > > just to have a look. Checked it out, saw that it didn't include what I > > wanted so almost inmeadiately uninstalled with > > > > rpm -e rhl-rg-es > > > > And got a "package rhl-rg-es not installed". I checked adding more parts of > > the rpm's name, just in case, but nothing. Re-installed and tried again. > > Nothing. I tried a > > That's normal behavior when you try to install a .src rpm. Confused the > heck out of me the first time I grabbed a .src package when I wanted a > binary one. > from the SPECS dir rpmbuild --rmsource SPECFILE rpmbuild --rmspec SPECFIL that will remove it all -sv
