rpm installed or not?

[elconomeno]

ik try to instal Mysql 4 and PHP 5 on a Fedora Core 3
i followed this procedure :

http://www.whoopis.com/howtos/php5-mysql4-FC3-rpm.html

because it is an old pc i use the i386 packages instead of the recommended packages

i did a full install of the php packages but it doesnt seems to work. so i try to do a new install but this is what i get:

[root@localhost MYSQL]#rpm -Uvh php-mysql-5.0.2-8.i386.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package php-mysql-5.0.2-8 is already installed

[root@localhost MYSQL]# rpm -e php-mysql-5.0.2-8.i386.rpm
error: package php-mysql-5.0.2-8.i386.rpm is not installed

[root@mfilter MYSQL]# rpm -i php-mysql-5.0.2-8.i386.rpm
package php-mysql-5.0.2-8 is already installed


what did i rang, how can i check it and how to prevent such errors?

 

[elconomeno]

OK i think i have the solution:

for uninstall :
[root@localhost MYSQL]# rpm -e php-mysql

for install
[root@localhost MYSQL]# rpm -i php-mysql-5.0.2-8.i386.rpm
or
[root@localhost MYSQL]# rpm -Uvh php-mysql-5.0.2-8.i386.rpm

 

[ericbrunson]

I think if you'd originally done "rpm -U" it would have worked.

 

[chipperMDW]

Be careful with your arguments, there.

You install (and Upgrade) package files. That is, the things you might see when you type [tt]ls[/tt], and which could be named anything (e.g. [tt]flying-monkeys[/tt]) and still work.

You erase package identifiers. That is, the identifiers RPM keeps in its database, and normally the package name, version, and revision, separated by dashes. You can usually leave off the revision or both the version and the revision.


Your initial attempt to Upgrade failed simply because RPM is trying to be smart and keep you from "upgrading" to the same pacakge version. The option to make it allow upgrading to the same version is [tt]--replacepkgs[/tt], I believe.