Re: help with installation

[Bob Schmertz]

On Sat, Mar 02, 2002 at 12:25:59AM -0600, Michael J McGonagle wrote:
> Bob Schmertz wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 09:18:48AM +0100, Jan Nieuwenhuizen wrote:
> > >
> > > > --> The rpm database cannot be opened in db3 format.
> > > >     If you have just upgraded the rpm package you need to convert
> > > >     your database to db3 format by running "rpm --rebuilddb" as root.
> > > >
> > > > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
> > > >
> > > > I have tried to do what they suggest by running 'rpm --rebuilddb' (as
> > > > root), but nothing changes. I still get the same error.
> > 
> > Silly question, but I assume you are attempting all your rpm installs as 
> > root?
> 
> Not such a silly question... (I don't know why this never has dawned on
> me, I have always installed tarballs as root...) I did get something
> different when I ran:
> 
> rpm -Uvh lilypond-1.4.2-imdk.rpm
> 
> Now it is telling me that the 'libintl.so.1', so now it is just a matter
> of finding what this library is, even running as root:

Odd, this file is nowhere to be found on my Red Hat 7.1 system, but
LilyPond works fine.  However, I installed it from source, so I can't tell
you too much about how to install from RPM.

> 
> urpmf libintl.so.1
> 

This "urpmf" and friends must be a Mandrake thing, I don't have it.
Interesting.

-- 
Cheers,
Bob Schmertz