rpm error

Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com> joel.sherrill at OARcorp.com
Mon Jan 3 18:48:08 UTC 2005


Ed Sutter wrote:
> Probably a dumb question...
> I'm trying for the first time to install the RTEMS tool binaries
> onto a Linux Box running RH9.  I get the following message...
> "package .... is intended for i686 architecture"
> and then subsequent packages don't install because this is a prerequisite.
> 
> I'm taking a guess here, but could this error be related to the fact
> that my linux box (old) is an AMD-K6-2 based box?  If not, does anyone
> have a clue?

Sounds like that is the issue.  I don't have experience with AMD CPUs
but if it isn't >= i686, then it won't work.

The alternative is to use the RPM specs and just build them for that 
machine.

> Ed


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