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

[Tom Aleo Black]

By the way.  Greetings everyone!!  I'm new here.

Tom Aleo Black

On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 14:27 -0500, Christopher L Merrill wrote:
> 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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