Any way to bypass bad RPM during (Fedora) install?

TimGoogler

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Mar 2, 2004, 10:41:25 PM3/2/04

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I'm trying a fresh install of Fedora Core 1 & (similar to issues I've
had in Red Hat 9) it is having problems installing the XSANE-0.91-1-i386.rpm

What I want to know is, is there a way to bypass just this package
during the install process?
The install doesn't actually give any option to skip or bypass the bad package
& only gives an OK button.

Help appreciated.
t.a.

Ali-Reza Anghaie

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Mar 3, 2004, 6:06:26 AM3/3/04

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In linux.redhat TimGoogler <beagle...@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> I'm trying a fresh install of Fedora Core 1 & (similar to issues I've
> had in Red Hat 9) it is having problems installing the XSANE-0.91-1-i386.rpm
>
> What I want to know is, is there a way to bypass just this package
> during the install process?

I'm guessing you're installed off of ISO CDs... if that's the case
I'm unaware of an easy way to skip just that RPM w/o de-selecting
the package proper before install. Question, are you doing md5sum
checks of the ISOs before burning? Doing a CD check at boot?

You might want to check the anaconda and fedora mailing lists...

I'm also guessing you're asking because you don't know what fails
and don't want to re-re-retry and flag things. Hrmm. I'd be more
interested in why any fail in the first place.

Good luck. Cheers, -Ali

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Dale Dellutri

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Mar 3, 2004, 10:38:35 AM3/3/04

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I only have experience installing RH9 from the iso's, but it's easy to
eliminate one package. Perhaps FC1 is the same.

During the install, it comes to a screen titled:
<install type> Defaults
where <install type> is Personal Desktop, Workstation or Server
(assuming you use one of these. I'm not sure if this screen comes up
if you choose Custom or Upgrade).

On this screen you can choose either "Accept the current package list"
or "Customize the set of packages to be installed". Choose the
"Customize ... " option.

The next screen will then be Package Group Selection. At the bottom,
click "Select Individual Packages".

The next screen will then be Individual Package selection. Click the
"Flat View", wait for the right panel to fill in, then scroll down to
xsane, and UNclick it.

This may cause dependency problems if other packages depend on xsane.
If it does the next screen will show the dependencies and you'll have
to decide how to deal with them. The screen will tell you the options
that you'll have at that point.

This is all explained in the _Red Hat Linux x86 Installtion Guide_.

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mjt

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Mar 4, 2004, 11:44:22 PM3/4/04

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TimGoogler wrote:

> I'm trying a fresh install of Fedora Core 1 & (similar to issues I've

> What I want to know is, is there a way to bypass just this package

... there are known issues with fedora
and mismatched install pathnames.

what errors are you getting?
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Greg Williams

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Mar 5, 2004, 2:50:01 AM3/5/04

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On 2 Mar 2004 19:41:25 -0800, beagle...@yahoo.com.au (TimGoogler)
wrote:

Is it always that package or has it been others as well?

This happened to me with RH8, 9 and FC1. My problem was it failed on
different packages. The solution, replace the RAM.

HTH

Cheers,

Greg Williams

AdministratorX

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Mar 7, 2004, 9:13:13 AM3/7/04

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I use Fedora Core and I have also had this problem. My solution was to
download the correct file from the internet and use it to replace the
corrupt by moving it to the /var/spool/up2date directory. Once I have done
this I run up2date again and download the same packages. Up2date see's
that the file is already downloaded and will try to install the rpm again.
Because I have replaced the corrupt file the install works fine.

Thanks
Administrator X

Greg Williams

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Mar 10, 2004, 7:39:24 AM3/10/04

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It's kind of hard to do that during the core installation.

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Apr 8, 2004, 5:08:52 AM4/8/04

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I think I have had the exact same problem. Did you get the following
info in a popup window:
"The package xsane-0.91-1 cannot be opened. This is due to a missing
file or perhaps a corrupt package. If you are installing from CD
media this usually means the CD media is corrupt, or the CD drive is
unable to read the media. Press <return> to try again." ?

I think there must be a problem with the ISO images. If (when) I work
out what to do I'll let you know.

Regards, YY
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