Re: Install package with arch=amd64
Seth Vidal <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.rpm.yum |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Mon, 2 Nov 2009, Peter Östlin wrote: > Hi list > > On a x86_64 system (CentOS 5) I'm trying to use yum to find/install a > package that (for unknown reasons) has arch set to amd64. The package > in question is meant for CentOS/Redhat x86_64. Using localinstall I > get the following: > > root@t64-mon-app:~# yum localinstall <package>.amd64.rpm > Cannot add package <package>.amd64.rpm to transaction. Not a > compatible architecture: amd64 > Nothing to do > > Is there a way around this problem? Letting yum know that amd64 is ok > as arch. Installing using rpm works fine but I want it in a yum repo > to enable remote installs. > Is your system x86_64 or is it amd64? amd64 is above x86_64 in the arch listing and therefore if your processor is only x86_64 it won't be able to access/handle amd64 binaries. If you want to force it you can set an arch value in /etc/rpm/platform -sv _______________________________________________ Yum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.baseurl.org/mailman/listinfo/yum