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Date:      Wed, 13 May 1998 10:43:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        William Woods <wwoods@cybcon.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Problem installing an RPM file
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980513104310.1391G-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3558D877.954620D2@cybcon.com>

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On Tue, 12 May 1998, 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?

Twice in one week?  Hm. ...

Try the --ignoreos flag and see the rpm help message.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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