Hi Luggers !
I'm trying to install gcc-2.96-84.i386.rpm ( taken from the PCQ Linux CD) on a RHL 6.2 (zoot ?) m/c. The installation is almost a yr old and it does not have any of the development tools as well as compiler ..
When I issue the following command
$ rpm -i gcc-2.96-84.i386.rpm
I get the following error
Error : The current version of rpm only supports packages having major number <= 3.
I checked up with rpm docs and cud understand that in the above rpm, _2.96_ is supposed to be the major number.
Then in order to upgrade the current installation of rpm, which I thought cud be the cause of the trouble, I tried to use the rpm installation binary available from the same CD. I got the same error for it. In fact, I got the same error for all the packages that I tried to install/upgrade.
What cud be wrong here? I'm not supposed to remove the current installation, nor do I have direct CD-Drive access to this m/c.
Thanks a lot in advance
Regards, Kinjal Sonpal
Sometime on Jan 21, Kinjal Sonpal assembled some asciibets to say:
Error : The current version of rpm only supports packageshaving major number <= 3.
This is in the archives. You need rpm version 3.0.5 or 3.0.6 first. That will allow you to install other stuff.
When it says packages having major no <=3, that refers to the version of rpm used to create the package, not to the version of the software inside the package.
Philip
Philip S Tellis wote on Tuesday, January 22, 2002
This is in the archives. You need rpm version 3.0.5 or 3.0.6
first.
That will allow you to install other stuff.
Yes, i actually went thru' the archives, but cud not find proper sources to download the rpm from the net. Now I got it from Anand.
When it says packages having major no <=3, that refers to the
version of
rpm used to create the package, not to the version of the
software
inside the package.
Okay. Thanks for the info !
Philip
Regs, Kinjal Sonpal
On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Kinjal Sonpal wrote:
Yes, i actually went thru' the archives, but cud not find proper sources to download the rpm from the net. Now I got it from Anand.
all rpms available at rpmfind.net
I'm trying to install gcc-2.96-84.i386.rpm ( taken from the PCQ Linux CD) on a RHL 6.2 (zoot ?) m/c.
The
installation is almost a yr old and it does not have
any of the development tools as well
as compiler ..
When I issue the following command
$ rpm -i gcc-2.96-84.i386.rpmI get the following error
Error : The current version of rpm only supportspackages having major number <= 3.
Install the upgrade RPM, I will mail you the upgrade rpm on your e-mail ID. I am not sure whether this version is available for download, but I have it on my disk.
Run the foll. as root.
# rpm -Uvh rpm-3_0_5-9_6x_i386.rpm
This will upgrade your rpm. Installing the gcc rpm may then work.
-- Ashok
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Ashok Iyer wrote on Tuesday, January 22, 2002
Install the upgrade RPM, I will mail you the upgrade rpm on your e-mail ID. I am not sure whether this version is available for download, but I have it on my disk.
Thnks for the rpm. I cud upgrade the RPM properly.
This will upgrade your rpm. Installing the gcc rpm may then work.
This still does not work. Actually there looks to be some dependancies associated with gcc. In order to satisfy those dependancies, I was asked to upgrade/install binutils, cpp, and glibc packages, which again gave me some more dependancy problems.
I think rather than upgrading/installing separate packages, I might be better off with upgrading entire installation. I have the PCQ CDs with me. Will this be a good idea? I can't afford to remove the current installation, mainly becoz there're no means to back-up the current data.
Ashok
Thanks a lot, Kinjal Sonpal
On Wed, Jan 23, 2002 at 12:31:03PM +0530, Kinjal Sonpal wrote:
Ashok Iyer wrote on Tuesday, January 22, 2002
Install the upgrade RPM, I will mail you the upgrade rpm on your e-mail ID. I am not sure whether this version is available for download, but I have it on my disk.
Thnks for the rpm. I cud upgrade the RPM properly.
This will upgrade your rpm. Installing the gcc rpm may then work.
This still does not work. Actually there looks to be some dependancies associated with gcc. In order to satisfy those dependancies, I was asked to upgrade/install binutils, cpp, and glibc packages, which again gave me some more dependancy problems.
I think rather than upgrading/installing separate packages, I might be better off with upgrading entire installation. I have the PCQ CDs with me. Will this be a good idea? I can't afford to remove the current installation, mainly becoz there're no means to back-up the current data.
This is precisely the reason why some of us have chosen the model of Debian distro, and the superb apt-get technology. Not to open a distro war, but to inform people here that these problems are solved ingeniously already.
Nagarjuna
Nagarjuna G. wrote on Thursday, January 24, 2002
This is precisely the reason why some of us have chosen the
model
of Debian distro, and the superb apt-get technology. Not to
open
a distro war, but to inform people here that these problems are solved ingeniously already.
Cud u throw some more light? As far as the issue on the hands is concerned, as I said I'm not allowed to do much with the installation, mainly becoz of my employer's policy and their resistance to change.
We badly need the C++ compiler on a 2 yr old RHL 6.2 installation. And I have PCQ 7.1 and SuSE 7.1 CDs with me.
But, I can try out a lot with my home PC, like I've been doing so far.
Thnx a lot.
Nagarjuna
Kinjal Sonpal
Sometime on Jan 24, Kinjal Sonpal assembled some asciibets to say:
concerned, as I said I'm not allowed to do much with the installation, mainly becoz of my employer's policy and their resistance to change.
We badly need the C++ compiler on a 2 yr old RHL 6.2 installation. And I have PCQ 7.1 and SuSE 7.1 CDs with me.
go to securityfocus, and make a list of security holes in RH 6.2. Give that to your employer and see if they decide to upgrade or not.
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