Jon, Thanks. I had tried this with a couple of rpm packages I had found in the archives with no luck so I wasn't sure if I could just copy files back or not (not being sure exactly what RPM does). However, the version from the mirror you suggested (or at lease the archive site it pointed to) worked and I am back up and running. Thanks to everyone for supporting a new member of the community. Peter -----Original Message----- From: rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpm-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonathan Ryshpan Sent: Thursday, 24 September 2009 5:26 AM To: General discussion about the RPM package manager Subject: Re: Expat causing rpm failure On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 16:30 +0930, Peter Beck wrote: > I, currently, am not able to use rpm as the expat library > libexpat.so.0.5.0 has been accidentally deleted from the system. I, > therefore, can?t use rpm to reinstall expat to fix the problem. I?m > starting to feel like a dog chasing it?s own tail ;) > Can anyone tell me if there is a way to configure rpm to not use the > expat (XML) library so that I can re-install expat and get past this > issue. I would get a copy of the expat rpm from (say) mirrors.kernel.org/fedora expand it using rpm2cpio, and then copy the files to wherever they belong. Good Luck - jon _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.112/2389 - Release Date: 09/22/09 17:54:00 _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.rpm.org/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
