[plug] rpm problems

[Rob Dunne]

Thanks -- moving /usr/share/doc made enough room and it installed.

Can you see why the --relocate and --prefix options did not work?
	
						bye
						rob

Paul Dean writes:
 > Hya,
 > 
 > Ok you need 14 mb for the program, but rpm may require alot more than
 > that, as in "tmp" space to install the package.
 > 
 > Maybe `rm /usr/share/doc/*` to give you some space, or try `rpm -ivh
 > intel-mkl_p-5.1-2.i386.rpm --excludedocs` , this may help too.
 > 
 > Hope this helps.
 > 
 > 
 > On Tue, 7 May 2002, Rob Dunne wrote:
 > 
 > > Hi pluggers,
 > >              I'm having a problem with rpm.
 > > It wont install a package because it needs 14Mb on the / filesystem.
 > > However there is plenty of room on /
 > > 
 > > Also --relocate and --prefix give strange errors. If I want
 > > a prefix of /home/robd/intel2 it complains that it cant 
 > > make /home/robdintel2 
 > > 
 > > any ideas welcome
 > > 						bye
 > > 						rob
 > > 
 > >                                         
 > > 
 > > 1146 anville% rpm --install intel-mkl_p-5.1-2.i386.rpm
 > > installing package intel-mkl_p-5.1-2 needs 14Mb on the / filesystem
 > > 
 > > 1147 anville% df
 > > Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
 > > /dev/sda1              2016016   1821628     91976  96% /
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 1154 anville% sudo rpm --install --relocate /opt/intel=/local/local/intel intel-mkl_p-5.1-2.i386.rpm
 > > error: can't unlink /local/localintel-RPMDELETE: Is a directory
 > > error: can't rename /local/localintel to /local/localintel-RPMDELETE: Is a directory
 > > error: unpacking of archive failed on file /local/localintel: cpio: unlink failed - Is a directory
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 1157 anville% sudo rpm --install --prefix /home/robd/intel2 intel-mkl_p-5.1-2.i386.rpm
 > > error: unpacking of archive failed on file /home/robdintel2: cpio: mkdir failed - Permission denied
 > > 
 > > 
 > 
 > -- 
 > Paul...
 > 
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 > 
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 > 
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