having problems installing 32 bit on 64 bit

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#1

Hi guys im running SUSE 11 64bit edition, I installed the application lotus notes, the install seem to have done what it was suppose to but the application didn’t work, I tried to uninstall but I got the following

rpm -e ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.rpm
error: package ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.rpm is not installed

if I try to upgrade I get this:

rpm -Uvh ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.rpm

warning: ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 34f9ae75
error: can’t create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000

The funny thing is that the application shows on the programs menu and also on my /opt

Also if I go to the opt and try to started from there I get the following:
./notes
./notes: error while loading shared libraries: libgnomeprint-2-2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

any ideas thanks…

#2

Have you tried to install that lib? seems like it is a missing dependency. If you are running KDE it is likely you do not have that gnome lib.

#3

And also you will need the 32-bit version of the missing package.

#4

And this error:

rpm -Uvh ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.rpm

warning: ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 34f9ae75
error: can’t create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000

looks like you didn’t have the permission, aka you were not root.

#5

yes you were right i needed to install that and it was hard because i didnt have the repo. thanks I still have another problem the application now runs but I had the trial when I tried to run
rpm -e ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.rpm
error: package ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.rpm is not installed

I went ahead and deleted the folder from /opt and /etc and I tried to install the licensed product and I get this:

rpm -ivh ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.rpm
warning: ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 34f9ae75
Preparing… ########################################### [100%]
package ibm_lotus_notes-8.5-20090107.1537.i586 (which is newer than ibm_lotus_notes-8.5-20081211.1925.i586) is already installed
package ibm_lotus_notes-8.5-20081211.1925.i586 is already installed

if I try to force it I get this:

rpm -iv --replacepkgs ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.rpm
warning: ibm_lotus_notes-8.5.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 34f9ae75
Preparing packages for installation…
package ibm_lotus_notes-8.5-20090107.1537.i586 (which is newer than ibm_lotus_notes-8.5-20081211.1925.i586) is already installed

how can I get rid of the older version?

#6

turbowei thanks yes I was running as a root user

#7

When you rpm -e, you leave out the i586.rpm. It used to be you even left out the version, but nowadays you can specify the version.

#8

Ok I got it i couldn’t actually uninstall the rpms but I got the disk and the ./install.sh took care of the rest, I will like to know though how to get rid off annoying traces of rpms.
Thanks everybody…

#9

If you have manually deleted the files that belong to the RPM you may have to add one of the options --noscripts, --notriggers, or --nodeps to force the removal of the RPM from the database. Generally it’s a bad idea to delete the files manually.

#10

Thanks for the info ken_yap Ill keep that in mind its def good to know…