give u an example:i have amarok-1.4.3-3.FC5.i386.rpm installed on my FC5,now i want toupgrade to amarok-1.4.3-6.FC5.i386.rpm ,and i want to keep the old version of amarok after i installed the new version now, i can use rpm -Uvh --repackage to upgrade,and rpm command will first repackage amarok-1.4.3-3 at /var/spool/repackage and install amarok-1.4.3-6.FC5 # rpm -Uvh --repackage amarok-1.4.3-6.FC5.i386.rpm # cd /var/spool/repackage # ls amarok-1.4.3-3.fc5.i386.rpm understand?
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18 10 2006Comments : 3 Comments »
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