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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by ozman84, Aug 30, 2004.

  1. ozman84

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    i went into my whm, went down to the software tab, clicked install an rpm, and there is nothing in the boxes, how can i update it?
     
    #1 ozman84, Aug 30, 2004
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    Have you tried "Rebuild RPM database" under the "Software" catagory?
     
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    yes i have tried a few times but still no luck
     
    #3 ozman84, Aug 31, 2004
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    Do you see anything like the following in /var/lib/rpm?

    Basenames
    Conflictname
    Dirnames
    Filemd5s
    Group
    Installtid
    Name
    Packages
    Packages.save
    Providename
    Provideversion
    Pubkeys
    Requirename
    Requireversion
    Sha1header
    Sigmd5
    Triggername
     
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    i currently cant SSH into the server. i will be able to do it in like 12 hours when i get home. but can you give me the next step to the answer yes and no to that question?
     
    #5 ozman84, Aug 31, 2004
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    ???

    Depending on what you find at /var/lib/rpm - you can try a "rpm –vv –rebuilddb" from the prompt. If you have existing files there a backup first would be in order. Other possibility is your provider has disabled rpm installs.
    HTH
     
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    ok i just used the ssh program in my accounts cpanel to log into the root, i ran /var/lib/rpm it came up: -bash: /var/lib/rpm: is a directory. i then ran rpm –vv –rebuilddb. it start to run some stuff
    at the end of it, it came up with the folders you listed. but it said they were closed. i then went back to whm, and still nothing in the install an rpm
     
    #7 ozman84, Aug 31, 2004
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