[plug] Installing Webmin

[Joel Fraser]

This is what i tried and this is the response i got:

[root at dirtypenguin /files]# rpm -ivh webmin-0.87.rpm
error: webmin-0.87.rpm cannot be installed
[root at dirtypenguin /files]# rpm -ivh webmin-0.87.rpm --nodeps
error: webmin-0.87.rpm cannot be installed
[root at dirtypenguin /files]#

any other suggestions, i treid a reinstall of redhat 7.1 and that came up
with the same answer as well

Cheers Joel


--- Ben Jensz <jensz at wn.com.au> wrote:
> When using rpm, you can also append the "-v" option to make it verbose
> in
> running whatever task you've issued to it.
> 
> I usually install RPMs like this:
> 
> rpm -ivh some-rpm-file.rpm
> 
> That installs it verbosely and prints hash marks across the terminal
> session
> to show its progress.  I like to know more of whats going on, unlike in
> Windows which tells you some non-descriptive thing such as "Updating
> system
> settings..."
> 
> If you're trying to install something and you _know_ that you've got all
> of
> the dependencies installed and its still complaining about something,
> you
> can tell it to ignore dependencies by typing --nodeps on the end of the
> RPM
> command you've issued.
> 
> 
> / Ben
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Leon Brooks" <leon at brooks.fdns.net>
> To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 8:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [plug] Installing Webmin
> 
> 
> > Joel Fraser wrote:
> > > I am trying to install webmin on one of my Redhat 7.1 sever
> > > machines and it says that webmin cannot be installed. I alos
> > > have a machine that has the same Redhat 7.1 and it installed
> > > fine. Does anyone have any clus why it wont install. I also
> > > have the same problem for Linuxconf.
> >
> > Generally, and unlike many Windows apps, the software will give you a
> > reason _why_ it won't install, which is quite helpful for diagnosis.
> If
> > the RPM manager you're using doesn't do this, use a different one -
> but
> > meanwhile, try this from the command line as root:
> >
> >    rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS/webmin-(tab)(enter)
> >
> > It will likely complain about missing dependencies, which are other
> > packages which webmin relies upon and must have installed before or
> with
> > it. Use rpm -i as above but put in the names of the dependencies, then
> > try webmin again.
> >
> >
> 
> 


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