[CentOS-docs] Update to CentOS FAQ: "I installed the x86_64 version, so why do I have i386 packages, and can I get rid of them?"
Aleksey Tsalolikhin
atsaloli.tech at gmail.com
Tue Feb 28 22:23:03 EST 2012
Hi, thank you for maintaining the CentOS FAQ at
http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General it is very helpful.
I used to follow the procedure outlined in "22. I installed the x86_64
version, so why do I have i386 packages, and can I get rid of them?"
( http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#head-357346ff0bf7c14b0849c3bcce39677aaca528e9
)
but it recently stopped working. the last step, "yum reinstall \*"
now throws errors about missing dependencies. (This is starting from
CentOS 5.4)
However if I run "yum -y update" as the very first step, and then do
the procedure, it works beautifully.
I don't know what is the cause of this, but in the course of
troubleshooting it, I've learned that "rpm -Va | grep ^missing" will
tell me if any files are missing, and if "yum reinstall \*" is even
necessary. It is faster to run the package verification and skip the
reinstall, as reinstall involves re-downloading all the packages over
the network.
I'd like to suggest the FAQ be updated with:
Run "rpm -Va | grep ^missing" to see if any files are missing. If
there are, reinstall with "yum reinstall \*"
Best,
-at
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