On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, Janyce Wynter wrote:
> >man utmp, for one. Check on the initscripts RPM.. reinstall it if need be
> >(that's where all the utmp stuff is from).
>
> I haven't yet figured out how to do an install from the command line. I've
> used the graphical package manager in X, but none of that is working. Could
> someone please walk me through the steps to install this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Janyce
>
> PS There were quite a few bad blocks etc on the root partition. Is there a
> quick way using RPM to check for other packages that might be broken?
>
>
>
To check packages, use rpm -Va | less or rpm -Va > /tmp/rpm.check.
To reinstall an rpm from the command line, use
rpm -ivh --replacepkgs <package_file>
Mikkel
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