RE: Help installing Nmap

["Shawn Jackson" <sjackson () horizonusa com>]

> From: Alejandro Flores [mailto:alejandro.flores () triforsec com br] 

> You're trying to install or upgrade your nmap?
> try adding --nodeps to your rpm command line.

I wouldn't recommend turning off dependency checking, seaming a
dependency could have changed between the installed version
and the new one.

Here are some good tips on using RPM:

  Use the -F 'freshen' command:
  rpm -Fvh nmap-3.50xxx.rpm

  Sometimes the -U 'upgrade' switch works ok:
  rpm -Uvh nmap-3.50xxx.rpm

  If none of that works, you can force the install:
  rpm -ivh --force nmap-3.50xxx.rpm

  Or you can remove the old package (nmap-frontend) and then remove the
old nmap and install the new one. I suggest you go grab apt-get while
your at it, very useful tool if you don't have it already
http://freshrpms.net/apt/.

Shawn Jackson
Systems Administrator
Horizon USA
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Reno NV 89521

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Email: sjackson () horizonusa com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alejandro Flores [mailto:alejandro.flores () triforsec com br] 
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 11:23 AM
To: El C0chin0
Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Re: Help installing Nmap


        Hello,

        You're trying to install or upgrade your nmap?
        try adding --nodeps to your rpm command line.

Regards,
Alejandro Flores

> I'm trying to install nmap-3.50xxx.rpm on a redhat linux 9 box.  When 
> I run the rpm command with the -U switch I get:
>
>   error: failed dependenices:
>        nmap = 3.00 is needed by (installed) nmap-frontend-3.00-4.
>
> I've looked all over the place and don't have time to read the history

> of nmap and the internet to figure out how to install the frickin 
> package.  Does anyone have a quicky fix for this problem?






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