Re: [cobalt-users] Packages wont install

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> Every time I try to install a package it always comes back with
> "4015 Package already installed." Ive tried this through the GUI
> and the command line and get the same response.
>
> I am certain the package is not installed. How can I start to debug
> this? What could possibly be causing it to think it is installed?

1. Look in /var/lib/cobalt for a *.md5sum file that corresponds to the 
package you're trying to install.  That's how the PKG installer 
"knows" what you have.  Although if that file does exist, it _should_ 
show up on the list of installed software...

2. Look in /var/cobalt/adm.log and /var/cobalt/sauce.log for messages 
written during install, etc.

3. 1 and 2 are just the start... :)

> is there a way to force installation?

You _can_ open up the PKG (it's just a .tar.gz file renamed), and look 
at the installation script to see what it does.  If it's just some 
RPMS, you can manually install those, etc.

Not advisable, though, as other PKGs might have this one as a prereq 
someday, and if that 'marker file' isn't in /var/lib/cobalt, it won't 
know it's really there.

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Bruce Timberlake

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