Re: Failure of rpmdrake/urpmi and other applications

On 09/27/2010 10:19 AM, Len Lawrence wrote:
> On 27/09/10 14:58, Gary Montalbine wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 09/27/2010 09:20 AM, Len Lawrence wrote:
>>> On 27/09/10 13:54, Gary Montalbine wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I am not an expert, However I believe you can install the 32 bit?
>>>> version 3.1.2 of TB and it will still work. I have libnss3 3.12.7
>>>> installed.
>>>>
>>> OK, thanks. That is worth a shot. The 32bit libraries are probably not
>>> installed but presumably if I urpmi it from the rpm on the DVD it will
>>> pull in the required libraries, including libnss3.
>>>
>>
>> I would use the repositories on the web to install it. Not the DVD.
>> This way you will get the latest version and required dep's.
>>
>> Gary
>>
> That means I have to specify the full name, right down to the _i586. I
> am about to start install #3 and shall try that before anything else.

Try just urpmi mozilla-thunderbird and it should give you the choices 
and you can pick from that.

Good luck.

Gary