Re: problem with RPM

[Vikram <upender@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

M K Saravanan wrote:

> hi all,
>
> i tried to install a binary (Common LISP prg. lang.) which is in .rpm
> format.  I got the following error mess.
>
> -------------------------------------------
> [root@hanuman mksarav]# rpm -i cmucl-18.3.0-6.i486.rpm
> only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
> error: cmucl-18.3.0-6.i486.rpm cannot be installed
> -------------------------------------------
>
> What this error means?

This error comes when one tries to install RH 7.0 packages in a non-RH 7.0
system.So the above package must be for RH 7.0 which has a new RPM.You can
upgrade your "rpm" package and conver t your old RPM database to newer one.


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