Re: tlug: Loading RPM packages

[John Tomizuka <zuk@example.com>]

I suppose that you downloaded that via Netscape...  I've seen corruption
of files when you download using this method.  If you press shift before
you click on the *.rpm, Netscape should download it without messing it
up.  If all else fails, try good ol ftp...
hth,
zuk


Jay Melton wrote:
> 
> Hello all:
> 
> WARNING: Lame question from a total beginner!  Not for the sqeamish or
> faint of heart!  Delete immediately if any discomfort is felt!
> 
> I'm down here in Kumamoto with my lonely PPC loaded with MkLinux.  I would
> like to try my hand at a bit of PERL programming.  I've gone to the
> Mkarchives in Miyazaki
> (ftp://ftp.ccex.miyazaki-u.ac.jp/pub/mkarchive/info/index.html) and gotten
> the perl-5.003-3.ppc.rpm package.
> 
> When I rpm it, the hash marks go flying by, but it doesn't seem to finish
> (I don't get a prompt).  I can hit the return key and it will move to the
> next line but no prompt.  I can use another xterm window or whatever with
> no problem.
> 
> I've tried to install again, but I get the message "error: packages.rpm
> does not appear to be a RPM package."  Is this the problem?  What do I need
> to do to get past this?
> 
> I should say that I have successfully loaded other RPM's (xfmail, Mosaic,
> xpaint, etc.)  These work fine.  But I have had this "packages.rpm" problem
> before.
> 
> Jay
> 
> Jay Melton (mailto:jay@example.com)
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