RPM installation/Uninstall fails with scriptlet errors : "scriptlet failed, exit status"
Issue
- Process to install / remove rpm packages fails during script execution
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Install or Remove packages can fail during %pre (preinstall), %preun (preuninstall), %pos (postinstall)t, %postun (postuninstall) scriptlet as follow:
error: %pre(package-name-version.arch.rpm) scriptlet failed, exit status 110 error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping package-name-version.arch.rpm ... error: %pre(package-name-version.arch.rpm) scriptlet failed, exit status 6 error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping package-name-version.arch.rpm ... error in PREIN scriptlet in rpm package package-name-version.arch error: %pre(package-name-version.arch.rpm) scriptlet failed, exit status 9 ... error: %preun(package-name-version.arch) scriptlet failed, exit status 127 -
Yum fails to install/remove packages with "PREUN/PREIN" errors
Error in PREUN scriptlet in rpm package <package> ... Error in PREIN scriptlet in rpm package <package>
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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