RPM is buggy

[jinster75]

I'm trying to install a package on Redhat 5. When I try to install this package (unixODBC-devel-2.2.11-7.1.x86_64.rpm), rpm complains that its already installed. However, when I query for this package or even try to uninstall it, its not there. Any ideas?

[atreyu]

Are you on a 32-bit system?

uname -a

If so, you don't want a 64-bit package.

If that's not it, try using yum to install the package. It is a package manager that uses rpm behind the scenes, and handles dependencies for you (Sometimes it helps, sometimes it is worse than rpm...)

e.g.:

yum install unixODBC-devel-2.2.11-7.1.x86_64.rpm

If it fails, show your exact command, and the exact error.

Also, run this command, to show what is in the RPM database:

rpm -qa|grep unixODBC

[jinster75]

Yes i'm on 64 bit system. I tried installing the package using yum and got the following message.
does not update installed package.
Nothing to do


[root@localhost packages]# uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-274.el5 #1 SMP Fri Jul 8 17:36:59 EDT 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[root@localhost packages]# rpm -qa | grep unixODBC*
[root@localhost packages]#

[root@localhost packages]# yum install unixODBC-2.2.11-7.1.x86_64.rpm
Loaded plugins: product-id, security, subscription-manager
Updating Red Hat repositories.
Setting up Install Process
Examining unixODBC-2.2.11-7.1.x86_64.rpm: unixODBC-2.2.11-7.1.x86_64
unixODBC-2.2.11-7.1.x86_64.rpm: does not update installed package.
Nothing to do

[atreyu]

Where did you get this file (unixODBC-devel-2.2.11-7.1.x86_64.rpm) from? Do you have a link?

also, what does this show:

rpm -ivh ./unixODBC-devel-2.2.11-7.1.x86_64.rpm

and what is the package name:

rpm -qp ./unixODBC-devel-2.2.11-7.1.x86_64.rpm --queryformat='%{NAME}\n'

[jinster75]

Adding the dot in front of the package worked. Thanks.

rpm -ivh ./package_name

[daark.child]

If using yum, you should use

yum localinstall somepackage.rpm

It has the same effect as

rpm -Uvh somepackage.rpm

The difference is that yum will automatically resolve and install any missing dependencies.

[atreyu]

Adding the dot in front of the package worked. Thanks.

rpm -ivh ./package_name

aha. just so you know, the ./ prepended to the filename means that the command (rpm, yum, etc.) will look for the file in the current working directory.