[Cialug] rpm issues

[David Champion]

That's a "source" rpm, hence the ".src.rpm". You want the binary one.

-dc

David Courard-Hauri wrote:
> So, I'm embarassed to be confused by rpm.
> 
> I downloaded gcc-3.3.3-41.src.rpm from the SUSE site. I figured I could 
> install that and then maybe run the gcc configure on the gcc 4.0 files I got 
> from the GNU site if I needed more libraries and stuff.
> 
> I type:
> 
> 
>>rpm -vi gcc-3.3.3-41.src.rpm
> 
> 
> and get:
> 
> 
>>gcc-3.3.3-41
> 
> 
> So I think things are OK. But then I try:
> 
> 
>>rpm -q gcc-3.3.3-41
> 
> 
> and it says:
> 
> 
>>package gcc-3.3.3-41 is not installed
> 
> 
> So I try:
> 
> 
>>rpm -qa | grep cc
> 
> 
> and get:
> 
> 
>>libgcc-3.3.3-41
> 
> 
> So I think I've done something, but not what I wanted to do. I still don't 
> have a gcc command--I suppose my path could be wrong, but I doubt it. Am I 
> missing something obvious?
> 
> -- Dave
> 
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