rpm help!

[mudbone357]

I'm trying to install an rpm for the first time (I've been sticking with source, but I'm in a little over my head with xmovie).
Anyway, it keeps telling me that it can only install rpms =< 3. Why is this?

[linuxluis]

What are you talking about. are you trying to install a rpm file or the program. If your trying to install a program here's the command.

#rpm -ivh <rpm file>

if your trying to install the program. When you first installed linux it should of been install.

what version of linux are you running?


have a nice day :cool:

[mudbone357]

i'm running SuSe 7.0 with a 2.4.4 kernel. I downloaded the binary for xmovie from their site in rpm format, but when I try to execute it with the #rpm -i command, it returns:

#only packages with major number <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM

Any thoughts?

[linuxluis]

well what you could do is update your rpm program or something is wrong with your kernal or the rpm you downloaded


:cool:

[mudbone357]

cool...
I'm running rpm 3.0.2
is there somewhere to download an update?

[drakster]

Upgrade to RPM version 4.02, available from

HERE (http://www.rpm.org)