Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 00:06:20 -0400 (EDT) From: CyberPeasant <djv@bedford.net> To: wwoods@cybcon.com (William Woods) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem installing an RPM file Message-ID: <199805130406.AAA02205@castor.loco.net> In-Reply-To: <3558D877.954620D2@cybcon.com> from William Woods at "May 12, 98 04:17:11 pm"
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William Woods wrote:
> I ave installed the RPM for FreeBSD and am trying to install an RPM file
> with rpm -i -v -h xxxxxxx.rpm but I get this message:
>
> xxxxx.rpm is for a different operating system
> error: xxxxxxx.rpm cannot be installed
>
> Any idea how to fix this problem?
Install Linux?
Seriously, though, it sounds like you're trying to install a binary
(Linux/i86, Linux/Sparc ???) on a F'bsd system.
If that's what you want, (i.e. you are running Linux emulation),
then try forcing the rpm with, I think, --force. You may wish to
fiddle with the installation root (see the manpage), so that the
linux binaries are installed under /compat or wherever. Rpm can
use an "rpm.conf" file, I think. Read up on --force; it seems
rather brutal, overiding all manner of things.
Since installing Linux binaries would appear to be a prime use
of rpm on BSD, your problem probably merits a bug report to the
package retainer.
Dave
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