rpm doesn't like my OS

[Joel Sherrill]

Did this work?  Another (hack) alternative is to do something
like this:

cd /
rpm2cpio XXX.rpm | cpio -idvum

This ignores EVERYTHING since it just extracts the files and
puts them in place.  This is not equivalent to installing an
RPM and the RPM database is not updated to reflect this.
So you remove them with a simple "rm -rf /opt/rtems.

Jay Kulpinski wrote:
> 
> jamacias wrote:
> >
> > Hi.
> > I am trying to install the rpm packages like:
> > rpm -i rtems-base-binutils-2.9.5.0.24-1.i386.rpm
> >
> > but I get a message:
> >
> > package rtems-base-binutils-2.9.5.0.24-1.i386.rpm is for a different
> > operating system.
> >
> > I'm running  Gentus Linux  (I guess similar to RedHat) on a celeron
> > machine, I was under the impression that these rpm packages would work
> > with any flavor of Linux.  Is this correct?.
> > Any help will be much appreciated.
> > Alfredo
> 
> Try this:
> rpm -i --ignoreos rtems-base-binutils-2.9.5.0.24-1.i386.rpm

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