klopter
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How do I install ssh from the RPM
I downloaded ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
from: ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/ssh/local-fi.muni.cz/linux/
and want to install it on an alpha based computer.
First though I would like to do a sanity check.
Just see that this rpm file contains something called
ssh, and I haven't been able to execute any command
that access the file.
I have tried
rpm -V ssh
rpm -V ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
and several other commands none of which touch
the file (I know because if I deliiberately misspell
ssh I get the same response).
I have never used rpm on this sytem before.
Thanks,
Ken
from: ftp://ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/ssh/local-fi.muni.cz/linux/
and want to install it on an alpha based computer.
First though I would like to do a sanity check.
Just see that this rpm file contains something called
ssh, and I haven't been able to execute any command
that access the file.
I have tried
rpm -V ssh
rpm -V ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
and several other commands none of which touch
the file (I know because if I deliiberately misspell
ssh I get the same response).
I have never used rpm on this sytem before.
Thanks,
Ken
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I claim that if:
rpm -Uvh ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
is the right syntax, then surely:
rpm -V ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
and
rpm -V bogus_name_not_a_file.rpm
should give me different error
messages, but they don't (except that
ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha appears in one
and bogus_name_not_a_file appears
in the other. I also tried appending
../ to the file names and even
tried giving rpm the full path name.
As near as I can tell it does not
touch the file.
Here are the results of some tests showing that
bigbox% rpm -V ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
package ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm is not installed
bigbox% rpm -V bogus_name_not_a_file.rpm
package bogus_name_not_a_file.rpm is not installed
bigbox% rpm -V ./bogus_name_not_a_file.rp
package ./bogus_name_not_a_file.rp
bigbox% rpm -V ./ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
package ./ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
bigbox% ls ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm bogus_name_not_a_file.rpm
ls: bogus_name_not_a_file.rpm:
ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
bigbox% rpm -V /usr/home/ken/tmp/bogus_na
package /usr/home/ken/tmp/bogus_na
bigbox% rpm -V /usr/home/ken/tmp/ssh-1.2.
package /usr/home/ken/tmp/ssh-1.2.
I am aware that -V is for verifying
packages. I can't use -i without
su priviledges and I don't have su
priviledges. The guy who does knows
less than I do about this, so I have to
figure out how to use RPM and then
tell him. This is all complicated
by the fact that we are physically 1000
miles apart.
Thanks,
Ken
rpm -Uvh ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
is the right syntax, then surely:
rpm -V ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
and
rpm -V bogus_name_not_a_file.rpm
should give me different error
messages, but they don't (except that
ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha appears in one
and bogus_name_not_a_file appears
in the other. I also tried appending
../ to the file names and even
tried giving rpm the full path name.
As near as I can tell it does not
touch the file.
Here are the results of some tests showing that
bigbox% rpm -V ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
package ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm is not installed
bigbox% rpm -V bogus_name_not_a_file.rpm
package bogus_name_not_a_file.rpm is not installed
bigbox% rpm -V ./bogus_name_not_a_file.rp
package ./bogus_name_not_a_file.rp
bigbox% rpm -V ./ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
package ./ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
bigbox% ls ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm bogus_name_not_a_file.rpm
ls: bogus_name_not_a_file.rpm:
ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
bigbox% rpm -V /usr/home/ken/tmp/bogus_na
package /usr/home/ken/tmp/bogus_na
bigbox% rpm -V /usr/home/ken/tmp/ssh-1.2.
package /usr/home/ken/tmp/ssh-1.2.
I am aware that -V is for verifying
packages. I can't use -i without
su priviledges and I don't have su
priviledges. The guy who does knows
less than I do about this, so I have to
figure out how to use RPM and then
tell him. This is all complicated
by the fact that we are physically 1000
miles apart.
Thanks,
Ken
Greetings
try
rpm -qlp ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
rpm -qip ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
Cheers,
alf
try
rpm -qlp ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
rpm -qip ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
Cheers,
alf
Greetings.
also 'man rpm' :-)
Cheers,
alf
also 'man rpm' :-)
Cheers,
alf
Hey, alien_life_form what does -qip do?
The -V is for verifying packages that are already installed. If you haven't installed SSH then you will get that error message, just like every other rpm that is not installed.
The -V is for verifying packages that are already installed. If you haven't installed SSH then you will get that error message, just like every other rpm that is not installed.
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rpm -qlp ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
worked as promised.
Thanks.
However, it remains unclear what I
should tell my friend with SU priviledges.
I started with the -V command because
the -V command shows up in the same
group of commands in the man page
as the -i commands and hence
presumably takes similar arguments.
The -q command does not appear to
take the same arguments as the -i
command. Indeed, when I tried
adding the -p command to the -i
command I get:
rpm -i -p ssh-1.2.27-7us.alph.rpm
rpm: unexpected query source
bigbox% rpm -i -p ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
rpm: unexpected query source
bigbox% rpm -ip ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
rpm: unexpected query source
bigbox% rpm -ip ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rp
rpm: unexpected query source
bigbox%
As in my previous experiements, I
try both with the correct file name
and a bogus file as a check to see if
it even finds the file.
Ken
worked as promised.
Thanks.
However, it remains unclear what I
should tell my friend with SU priviledges.
I started with the -V command because
the -V command shows up in the same
group of commands in the man page
as the -i commands and hence
presumably takes similar arguments.
The -q command does not appear to
take the same arguments as the -i
command. Indeed, when I tried
adding the -p command to the -i
command I get:
rpm -i -p ssh-1.2.27-7us.alph.rpm
rpm: unexpected query source
bigbox% rpm -i -p ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
rpm: unexpected query source
bigbox% rpm -ip ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
rpm: unexpected query source
bigbox% rpm -ip ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rp
rpm: unexpected query source
bigbox%
As in my previous experiements, I
try both with the correct file name
and a bogus file as a check to see if
it even finds the file.
Ken
Why someone in his mind would install crypto from binary package?
I'd take the source from where it resides and check it against pgp signature, and only then install.
I'd take the source from where it resides and check it against pgp signature, and only then install.
Rpm checks the size, md5sum and PGP (if you have the key available) when you invoke it like
rpm --checksig package.alpha.rpm
The verify option is for installed rpm's only, and you must use the package name (not the package filename), like
rpm -V package
Hope this clears up some fog.
rpm --checksig package.alpha.rpm
The verify option is for installed rpm's only, and you must use the package name (not the package filename), like
rpm -V package
Hope this clears up some fog.
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klopter,
alien life form's answer is right on, really.
Your original post basically says you have an ssh rpm I need to install:
you don't have su access and first want to examine the contents,
you haven't been able to get rpm to access the file
Try rpm -qlp ssh to list the contents and where all the files will get installed (I always just use rpm -ql foobar to look for configuration files and executables for something I installed a while ago).
you should hopefully see the contents, which means you can access your rpm.
Unforetunately, you can't install it without root access, but you'd do that with the above mentioned -Uvh switch.
alien life form's answer is right on, really.
Your original post basically says you have an ssh rpm I need to install:
you don't have su access and first want to examine the contents,
you haven't been able to get rpm to access the file
Try rpm -qlp ssh to list the contents and where all the files will get installed (I always just use rpm -ql foobar to look for configuration files and executables for something I installed a while ago).
you should hopefully see the contents, which means you can access your rpm.
Unforetunately, you can't install it without root access, but you'd do that with the above mentioned -Uvh switch.
rtpc changed the proposed answer to a comment
Try rpm --install <filename>.rpm
ASKER
Sorry for the delay in responding to this.
Ken
Ken
rpm -Uvh ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
rpm -ih ssh-1.2.27-7us.alpha.rpm
The -U is upgrade, -v and -i are both install, and -h is for hash. It prints the progress indicator.