How do you update the headers of the system?

[fclee at highstream.net]

Apparently I don't have rpmbuild so I tried using YUM:
[ric at localhost ric]$ rbmbuild --help
bash: rbmbuild: command not found

[ric at localhost ric]$ yum list
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 Base
Error - /var/cache/yum/base/header.info cannot be found
Please ask your sysadmin to update the headers on this system.

[ric at localhost ric]$ yum check-update
Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
Server: Yellow Dog Linux 4.0 Base
Error - /var/cache/yum/base/header.info cannot be found
Please ask your sysadmin to update the headers on this system.
So my next question:
1) How can I update the headers so that I can use YUM do get rpmbuild
downloaded?

Regards,

Ric.

Quoting Andrew <virgule88 at videotron.ca>:

> On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 11:51, Frederick C.Lee wrote:
>
> You installed a source rpm. That is not an actual package one can
> install and use the software right off it. This would have been a
> ppc.rpm file. You must compile it first then install and use.
>
> The easiest way is to use rpmbuild: (yum can install it if not already
> installed) Since you'll need write privileges in /usr/src/yellowdog/*
> tree do this as root:
>
> #] rpmbuild --rebuild qgis-0.6.0-0.src.rpm [ENTER]
>
> This will compile the source and create ppc.rpm files(s) in
> /usr/rsc/yellowdog/RPMS/ppc/ which you will install like you did with
> step 3)
>
> > Greetings:
> >      I have a rpm package that I had downloaded.   I followed the "Red
> > Hat Linux for Dummies" (being that YDL is a RHL derivative)
> > instructions for installing a RPM.  All I got was the .gz file as the
> > result.
> >
> >
> > 1) Locate the rpm package to install:
> > [ric at localhost ric]$ ls
> > Apple  Desktop  qgis-0.6.0-0.src.rpm
> >
> > 2) Check the status of any previous target rpm installation:
> > [ric at localhost ric]$ rpm -qls qgis*
> > package qgis-0.6.0-0.src.rpm is not installed
> >
> > 3) Install the package per instruction:
> > [ric at localhost ric]$ rpm -ivh qgis*
> > error: cannot write to %sourcedir /usr/src/yellowdog/SOURCES
> >
> > 3a) It failed.  Okay, via Super User.
> > [ric at localhost ric]$ su
> > Password:
> > [root at localhost ric]# ls /usr/src/yellowdog/SOURCES
> > qgis-0.6.0.tar.gz
> > [root at localhost ric]# rpm -ivh qgis*
> >     1:qgis                   ###########################################
> > [100%]
> >
> >
> > 4) I appeared to have installed very quickly (a second or two).  Did it
> > REALLY INSTALL?
> >      Query to check:
> > [root at localhost ric]# rpm -qi qgis*
> > package qgis-0.6.0-0.src.rpm is not installed
> >
> > 5) That's odd.  Check yellowdog sources:
> > [root at localhost ric]# ls /usr/src/yellowdog/SOURCES
> > qgis-0.6.0.tar.gz
> > [root at localhost ric]#
> >
> > ------------
> >
> > Okay.
> > So, all I got was the .gz package.  And it didn't unpack or de-archive.
> > Now what do I do?
> >
> > How do I check for a de-archiving routine?   Or is it necessary?
> > Since all the other Red Hat RPM packages have
> > already been installed and hence, probably de-archived as well.
> >
> > So what's missing?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ric.
> >
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