[NMLUG] RPM's

[wjl at icecavern.net (Wesley J Landaker)]

On Tuesday, 26 October 2004 11:05, Will Pearson wrote:
> corrupt something else. How can I go about reinstalling the Python
> RPM package without corrupting anything?

Generally, just installing the package(s[1]) again on top of itself will 
work fine. Get the RPM[2], and run the following:

$ rpm -Uvh --oldpackage [your_rpm.rpm]

That should do the trick, but if not, the following possibly 
option-overkilled command will almost definately work:

$ rpm -ivh --force --replace-packages --replace-files [your_rpm.rpm]

Both of these should have the desired effect of overwriting all of the 
package files and re-running the post install scripts (for things like 
byte-compiling and whatnot).

Notes:
[1] Most likely, there is more than a single package you need to 
reinstall; python itself may be split up into several packages, and any 
3rd party modules (e.g. .../site-python/...) that are corrupted will 
need to be reinstalled as well.

[2] Make sure it's the CORRECT RPM for your distro, version, etc!

-- 
Wesley J. Landaker <wjl@icecavern.net>
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