I tried to install alsa 1.0.19 on centos 5.3 64 - did not work - compile errors.
I need to re-install alsa-lib and alsa-util . I dont want to do rpm -e first on those packages as dependcy is crazy. I know they were installed (rpm -qa | grep alsa tells me so) I just want to re-install ? How do I do that?
Thanks,
Jerry
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Jerry Geis geisj@pagestation.com wrote:
I tried to install alsa 1.0.19 on centos 5.3 64 - did not work - compile errors.
Installing via rpm is separate from compiling. Which are you doing? Are you having trouble building rpms, or installing them?
I need to re-install alsa-lib and alsa-util . I dont want to do rpm -e first on those packages as dependcy is crazy. I know they were installed (rpm -qa | grep alsa tells me so) I just want to re-install ? How do I do that?
Depends.
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:17 PM, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> wrote:
/ I tried to install alsa 1.0.19 on centos 5.3 64 - did not work - compile
/>/ errors. / Installing via rpm is separate from compiling. Which are you doing? Are you having trouble building rpms, or installing them?
/ I need to re-install alsa-lib and alsa-util .
/>/ I dont want to do rpm -e first on those packages as dependcy is crazy. />/ I know they were installed (rpm -qa | grep alsa tells me so) I just want />/ to re-install ? />/ How do I do that? / Depends.
nothing sinister here.... was not getting HDMI sound on my motherboard, did some searching seemed like I needed to update to alsa 1.0.19 so I tried it. compiling from source. Ran into compile errors so I wanted to backout to the default alsa. the default alsa worked but just not over HDMI .
So I wish to re-install the default alsa 1.0.17 rpm's. Either through yum or rpm. preferably through yum. as its easier.
Thanks,
Jerry
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Jerry Geis geisj@pagestation.com wrote:
nothing sinister here.... was not getting HDMI sound on my motherboard, did some searching seemed like I needed to update to alsa 1.0.19 so I tried it. compiling from source. Ran into compile errors so I wanted to backout to the default alsa. the default alsa worked but just not over HDMI .
So I wish to re-install the default alsa 1.0.17 rpm's. Either through yum or rpm. preferably through yum. as its easier.
If you ran into compile errors, you never installed 1.0.19 then???
Also, ATrpms seems to have alsa 1.0.19. Maybe worth checking?
Akemi
Jerry Geis wrote:
nothing sinister here.... was not getting HDMI sound on my motherboard, did some searching seemed like I needed to update to alsa 1.0.19 so I tried it. compiling from source. Ran into compile errors so I wanted to backout to the default alsa. the default alsa worked but just not over HDMI .
So I wish to re-install the default alsa 1.0.17 rpm's. Either through yum or rpm. preferably through yum. as its easier.
I haven't tried this with something that has drivers but I can't imagine why it wouldn't work
rpm -UVh --oldpackage <package name(s)>
I've done it tons of times for various packages over the past year or so.
nate
Jerry Geis wrote:
I tried to install alsa 1.0.19 on centos 5.3 64 - did not work - compile errors.
I need to re-install alsa-lib and alsa-util . I dont want to do rpm -e first on those packages as dependcy is crazy. I know they were installed (rpm -qa | grep alsa tells me so) I just want to re-install ? How do I do that?
You can remove them with "rpm -e pkgnames --nodeps" and then reinstall them with yum. I had to do this recently with some strangeness that was goign on with kpartx and device-mapper-multipath of al things.
hope this helps
Vernard
You can remove them with "rpm -e pkgnames --nodeps" and then reinstall them with yum. I had to do this recently with some strangeness that was goign on with kpartx and device-mapper-multipath of al things.
# rpm -i --replacepkgs <rpm-file> is possibly safer in "some" scenarios. Depending on what you are removing and how, you might break something bad by ripping it out, then trying to get it back in after the system is a in a compromised state. This might be safer in those small percentage of cases.
Something to think about...
jlc
Joseph L. Casale wrote:
You can remove them with "rpm -e pkgnames --nodeps" and then reinstall them with yum. I had to do this recently with some strangeness that was goign on with kpartx and device-mapper-multipath of al things.
# rpm -i --replacepkgs <rpm-file> is possibly safer in "some" scenarios. Depending on what you are removing and how, you might break something bad by ripping it out, then trying to get it back in after the system is a in a compromised state. This might be safer in those small percentage of cases.
Another option is "rpm -e --nodeps --justdb ..." to leave the files in place while making it appear that the package is no longer installed. Follow that with "yum install ...".
Jerry Geis wrote:
I tried to install alsa 1.0.19 on centos 5.3 64 - did not work - compile errors.
I need to re-install alsa-lib and alsa-util . I dont want to do rpm -e first on those packages as dependcy is crazy. I know they were installed (rpm -qa | grep alsa tells me so) I just want to re-install ? How do I do that?
Try the new "reinstall" option in CentOS 5.3's version of yum:
yum reinstall alsa-lib alsa-util
Erik
On Tue, 14 Apr 2009, Erik Laxdal wrote:
Jerry Geis wrote:
I tried to install alsa 1.0.19 on centos 5.3 64 - did not work - compile errors.
I need to re-install alsa-lib and alsa-util . I dont want to do rpm -e first on those packages as dependcy is crazy. I know they were installed (rpm -qa | grep alsa tells me so) I just want to re-install ? How do I do that?
Try the new "reinstall" option in CentOS 5.3's version of yum:
yum reinstall alsa-lib alsa-util
Finally ! 10 years after apt :)
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