Controlling package installation path

rob07mxa · 08-11-2008, 12:19 PM

hi,

I am intending to uninstall lvm utility from /usr/sbin and install it in root directory /sbin

I want to install it using yum or rpm to guarantee that lvm will be able to locate all its dependencies that are required to make it works properly.

I checked the yum/rpm man pages and I could not see an explicit option that makes it possible.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO CONTROL OR SPECIFY WHERE YUM/RPM INSTALL A PACKAGE?

I attempt the following without success:

Code:

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qi lvm2 
Name        : lvm2   .... Source RPM: lvm2-2.02.28-1.fc8.src.rpm ....
...etc 

[root@localhost ~]# rpm -i --relocate /usr/sbin=/sbin lvm2 
error: open of lvm2 failed: No such file or directory 
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -i --relocate /usr/sbin=/sbin lvm 
error: open of lvm failed: No such file or directory 
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -i --relocate /usr/sbin=/sbin lvm2-2.02.28-1.fc8.src.rpm 
error: open of lvm2-2.02.28-1.fc8.src.rpm failed: No such file or directory 
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -i --relocate /usr/sbin=/sbin lvm2.i386 
error: open of lvm2.i386 failed: No such file or directory 
[root@localhost ~]#

thanks in anticipation.

(OS Fedora 8)

trickykid · 08-11-2008, 01:18 PM

Why do you want to move to /sbin rather than the default /usr/sbin? What is this going to provide for you? You can still control access in either location.

If you insist to move though, you're better off downloading the source RPM and rebuilding after hacking at the spec file in the way it compiles LVM, etc.