On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:06:14 +0200
Michael Schwendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 19:14:03 +0200, Olivier Dony wrote:
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> > On Friday, 25 July, 2003 17:57, Jonathan Bartlett wrote:
> > > I think you're stuck with rpm2cpio. Alternatively, you could
> > > build RPM statically on your machine, but my guess is that
> > > rpm2cpio would be easier.
> >
> > Ah yes but I have no idea as to how I can use rpm2cpio to bypass
> > rpm and install a package. Can you explain this a bit, I am very
> > new to redhat. (this is on RH7.2- Enigma)
>
> "man cpio" *grin* cpio is not specific to Red Hat Linux. ;)
>
> Really, rpm2cpio gives you access to a cpio archive inside the rpm.
> Try something like
>
> mkdir test ; cd test
> rpm2cpio glibc-2.3.2-27.9.i686.rpm | cpio -id
> --no-absolute-filenames
>
> to extract the files inside. You could also extract them within your
> top-level directory and overwrite what's installed.
>
Might Midnight Commander:
/usr/bin/mc
be able to do the install? I see where mc displays the files inside a
.rpm (including CONTENTS.cpio), and also gives an "install" and an
"upgrade" executable. You just highlight the RPM file in Midnight
Commander and <enter>.
Perhaps you can get the 'proper' glibc RPM to the remote stystem and
then fix it in that manner. You could make a "test" install of some
other .rpm, perhaps a game, just to see how it works.
Regards,
Tom
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