On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:09:34 -0800 (PST) Leila Lappin <damovand@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Andre, > > Thanks again for the great information. The grep > information is definitely essential it could really > change the results. Glad I could help. Don't forget to 'man grep' (if you're more fond of GUIs, try yelp). > I followed all your instructions with rpm, as you may > note, replacing your example package with mysql. > Interesting is that this time I got MySQL client > listed, no server. > $ rpm _qf `type _p mysql` Don't know if this was a typo: '_' (underscore) are only used as filename chars; you used '-' (dash) here, right? > $ MySQL-client-4.0.12-0 > > And when I did rpmverify mysql I got the result, > _package mysql is not installed_ You still didn't get it: the above command told you 'the mysql command you asked me to find belongs to package MySQL-client-4.0.12-0'. The name of the package is _not_ mysql. (I recommend 'man rpm' as well) So, the correct query would have been: rpmverify MySQL-client Also, please note that you asked RPM to show you the package that owns 'mysql' (which is MySQL client, as RPM correctly showed). If you want to look for MySQL _server_, you should look for mysqld. Please try this out: rpm -qa | grep -i mysql This will show you _all_ MySQL packages installed (regardless of case-folding). Then, all you have to do is 'rpmverify' them all (or 'rpm -ql [package-name]' to list installed files). > rpm database may not be corrupt but can it be > overridden with a fresh upgrade of RH? I upgraded my > mysql and then upgraded RH from 7.2 to 9, could that > cause the situation? In this case, AFAICS your mysql would have been upgraded to RH9 version, with no side-effects. I still think your DB is fine, you're just confused and don't know how to properly query RPM DB. > Finally if you could help me out with most important > part of the question, assuming that something has > happened to lose the information about mysql package, > how can I get back the information about my installed > version? First, make sure you clear all the confusion you're making. I do believe all info is there, you just have to make the right queries. HTH Andre -- Andre Oliveira da Costa _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
