From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 8 7:29:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from 1upmc-msximc1.isdip.upmc.edu (1upmc-msximc1.isdip.upmc.edu [128.147.18.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0D7F37B405 for ; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 07:29:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 1upmc-msximc1.isdip.upmc.edu with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <4DWAZ14L>; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:28:29 -0400 Message-ID: <46AEB8C1B628D511969200508B6FE42A668653@1upmc-msx6.isdip.upmc.edu> From: "Person, Roderick" To: "'questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: rpm question Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:31:13 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C15005.E1B468C0" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C15005.E1B468C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Does any one know of a way to extract an rpm without it installing into the paths that it should use but to the current directory. I have a mandrake linux package that are fonts. I tried to do: rpm -i --nodeps but it gave me the error the "the package was for a different file system." I don't understand what to do with that? Any hints? Roderick P. Person Programmer II personrp@ccbh.com "Popularity is bland." ------_=_NextPart_001_01C15005.E1B468C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable rpm question

Does any one know of a way to extract an rpm without = it installing into the paths that it should use but to the current = directory. I have a mandrake linux package that are fonts. I tried to = do:

  rpm -i --nodeps
but it gave me the error the "the package was = for a different file system." I don't understand what to do with = that?

Any hints?

Roderick P. Person
Programmer II
personrp@ccbh.com

"Popularity is bland."

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