Dear Help:
I have a recent version of Red Hat(Version 6) Linux (One Year
Old). When I
tried to invoke the rpm --install I got the following:
[root at localhost /root]# rpm --install R-base-1.2.0-3.alpha.rpm
only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of
RPM
error: R-base-1.2.0-3.alpha.rpm cannot be installed
What to do?
Kirk Bryan
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>From owner-r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch Sat Jan 6 14:21:42 2001 >I have a recent version of Red Hat(Version 6) Linux (One Year >Old). When I >tried to invoke the rpm --install I got the following: > >[root at localhost /root]# rpm --install R-base-1.2.0-3.alpha.rpm > only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of >RPM >error: R-base-1.2.0-3.alpha.rpm cannot be installedFirst, try the RPM for i386, not the one for alpha. (Alpha is a different processor, much less common, I think. You didn't say you had it, so probably you don't.) If that doesn't work, try updating rpm, which will be in the "updates" section of www.redhat.com (and its mirrors, and also surely in http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM). You should do this anyway if you haven't done it. Jonathan Baron, Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania Home page: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~jbaron -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Kirk Bryan <kbryan at eclipse.net> writes:> [root at localhost /root]# rpm --install R-base-1.2.0-3.alpha.rpm > only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of > RPM > error: R-base-1.2.0-3.alpha.rpm cannot be installed > > What to do?1. Make sure you're using the correct package for your machine (are you really using a DEC/Compaq Alpha? Not a i386 PC?) 2. Upgrade RPM (I think there's a version 4 of the file format... ugh) 3. If all else fails, compile it yourself... -- MJR (Not an official statement) Please note changes of address http://stats.mth.uea.ac.uk/ -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._