RPMs fail on header (was: DAM rpm's)

**twunga** · 08-13-2003, 06:43 AM

heya dudes,
me once again,
i have been using linux for 3 months now, and am happy with the new learning curve.

I have done a fresh install of redhat 9, and the rpms ive been d/l have run fine,
just recently though once i type in the password for root etc. it searchers for process headers and all that and halfway through it disappears. and seems to crash, EVERY RPM is doing this, wtf is going on

p.s it was rpms of xine and mplayer

pps. any suggestions for a decent MEDIA player would be appreciated

**deathadder** · 08-13-2003, 06:49 AM

how are you installin them from the cli of gui? also is your system up2date? if not it might be a bug in the rpm software

just some thoughts

**ven0m** · 08-13-2003, 07:48 AM

Have you tried installing mplayer or ogle via apt-rpm?
heres a link to the website...
http://shrike.freshrpms.net/
heres a link to the apt-get program...
http://ftp.freshrpms.net/pub/freshrp...6-fr1.i386.rpm

If you want more of info about this, search justlinux

**twunga** · 08-13-2003, 08:56 AM

thats where i got them from (shrike.freshrpm)

i noticed that i am i686 not i386 .... does that matta?

**ven0m** · 08-13-2003, 09:22 AM

Originally posted by twunga
thats where i got them from (shrike.freshrpm)

i noticed that i am i686 not i386 .... does that matta?

that depends on you system. In the command line type

Code:

uname -m

this will display your machine type, then pick one that matches your machine (if your machine is i586 pick i386).

BTW how are you installing the software? are you using apt-get or have you downloaded the mplayer.rpm and installing it that way?
The best way is to install apt-get and let that do the hard work.

**twunga** · 08-13-2003, 11:51 AM

what is apt get??? is that like a cvs?

and yes i was downloading mplayer from an rpm with the version number and i386 on the end.

**ven0m** · 08-13-2003, 12:15 PM

Originally posted by twunga
what is apt get??? is that like a cvs?

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This link will tell you about apt-get
http://freshrpms.net/apt/
if you want more info, install the apt-get.rpm and read the man file, or search for apt-get for redhat on justlinux.

**DMR** · 08-13-2003, 04:07 PM

Originally posted by twunga
... it searchers for process headers and all that and halfway through it disappears. and seems to crash, EVERY RPM is doing this, wtf is going on

If it really is every RPM, you've got something pretty low-level going on. Posting some of the messages that appear onscreen just before the crashes would help decipher things.

Also, as other have asked- how are trying to install RPMs? If you're doing it at the command line, what syntax are you using? If you're using some graphical package manager, which one?

**twunga** · 08-14-2003, 04:29 AM

well, im not using the command line,
im using gui, gnome. i just updated so im gonna check if it works now............

it crashes after it says determing package headers or summin.......

p.s my sytem runs on i686.

**twunga** · 08-14-2003, 04:39 AM

k i ran it in terminal,

i type in = rpm -i [package]

and then it says failed dependicies. and i get a list mainly of codecs

i suppose this means they are f*king up cos of the dependincies?

**ven0m** · 08-14-2003, 04:43 AM

Originally posted by twunga
k i ran it in terminal,

i type in = rpm -i [package]

and then it says failed dependicies. and i get a list mainly of codecs
i suppose this means they are f*king up cos of the dependincies?

OK, last time of saying "USE APT-GET" it will resolve all the dependicies and install mplayer!!!!!!!!!

Use the links I gave you in my earlier posts

**twunga** · 08-14-2003, 04:50 AM

chill out, lol thnx,
theres no harm in asking more, cos other ppl can learn from this 2

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