[NTLUG:Discuss] Relocating rpm's

[J. Reeves Hall]

Brian wrote:

> I'm trying to install an rpm of binaries that insists on using /usr/lib/
> as the install directory (the rpm --prefix option results in a
> "nonrelocatable" error message).  The box I'm on imports its /usr
> directory via NFS, so I can't just temporarily 'umount /usr', and I
> really don't feel like copying the entire /usr directory tree to the
> local drive just so I can install this thing.
>

Can that perhaps be overridden with --force?

-Reeves

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