[kwlug-disc] RPM won't install, won't uninstall

[Oksana Goertzen]

On 13 May 2011 11:30, Chris Frey <cdfrey at foursquare.net> wrote:

> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 10:30:37AM -0400, Oksana Goertzen wrote:
> > Servername:/software/lintape # rpm -e
> > /usr/src/packages/RPMS/x86_64/lin_tape-1.50.0-1.x86_64.rpm
> > error: package /usr/src/packages/RPMS/x86_64/lin_tape-1.50.0-1.x86_64.rpm
> is
> > not installed
>
> I usually erase using just the name that shows up in a 'rpm -qa'
>
>        rpm -qa |grep lin_tape
>
> So maybe:
>
>        rpm --erase lin_tape
>
> This might give the same error as below, though.
>
>
> > Servername:/software/lintape # rpm -Uvh --force
> > /usr/src/packages/RPMS/x86_64/lin_tape-1.50.0-1.x86_64.rpm
> > Preparing...                ###########################################
> > [100%]
> > Shutting down lin_tape: lin_taped is not running!
> >
> > ERROR: Module lin_tape does not exist in /proc/modules
> > error: %pre(lin_tape-1.50.0-1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
> > error:   install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping lin_tape-1.50.0-1
>
> If you can find out what file it is expecting to see under /proc/modules,
> you can place a dummy file there just for the packaging process.
>
> You can use rpm2cpio to extract the contents of the rpm file, and
> then look at the script to see what it is trying to do and failing at.
>
> - Chris
>
>
>
Here's the results I get from the above:

Servername:~ # rpm -qa |grep lin_tape
lin_taped-1.50.0-1

Servername:~ # rpm --erase lin_tape
error: package lin_tape is not installed

I think I may have gotten it to remove it though with
rpm -e --nodeps lin_tape

Servername:# uname -r
2.6.32.36-0.5-default

Servername:# rpm -qs lin_tape
normal        /etc/init.d/lin_tape
normal
/lib/modules/2.6.32.36-0.5-default/kernel/drivers/scsi/lin_tape.ko
normal        /usr/share/doc/packages/lin_tape
normal        /usr/share/doc/packages/lin_tape/COPYING
normal        /usr/share/doc/packages/lin_tape/COPYING.LIB
normal        /usr/share/doc/packages/lin_tape/lin_tape_359X.ReadMe
normal        /usr/share/doc/packages/lin_tape/lin_tape_Ultrium.ReadMe

Servername:# lin_taped status
lin_taped is running, pid 26737

:)  Oksana
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