[TriLUG] RPM - can't install or erase a package

[Christopher L Merrill]

I started installing a large RPM package (VMware) and then decided I
wanted to get the whole box updated before doing that (it was a new
install).  So I reflexively hit ctrl-c.  It took it a while to respond,
during which time I thought "hmmmm...maybe I should have just waited
for it to finish".

I can now neither install over the existing installation, which appears
to be incomplete. Nor can I erase the package. The damage appears to be
limited to this package, since my yum update was successful.  I've tried
numerous options, including forcing an upgrade, but everything seems to
result in the same message:

> Unable to find the answer INITSCRIPTSDIR in the installer database
> (/etc/vmware/locations). You may want to re-install VMware Server.\n\nExecution
> aborted.
> 
> 
> error: %pre(VMware-server-1.0.1-29996.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
> error:   install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping VMware-server-1.0.1-29996

Any ideas?


TIA,
C




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