RPM install showing “Installation of an identical package is not allowed”

Question

Hi I'm facing a weird issue while installing an RPM package on redhat linux:

    # rpm -ivh OMNI-UTIL-K269.02SP6.OMNIUTIL.ECN9S60-6.x86_64.rpm
    Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
    INSTALL ERROR: Installation of an identical package is not allowed
    error: %pre(OMNI-UTIL-K269.02SP6.OMNIUTIL.ECN9S60-6.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
    error:   install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping OMNI-UTIL-K269.02SP6.OMNIUTIL.ECN9S60-6

Though this successfully installs if I use the --noscripts option , but i want a clean install.

I've checked that this rpm is not installed on the system:

    # rpm -qa | grep -i omni | wc -l
    0

Have anyone faced this issue before while installing any RPMs? This is a first for me.

Answer 1

found the issue:

    # find / -name OMNI-UTIL-K269.02SP6.OMNIUTIL.ECN9S60-6.x86_64.rpm
    /root/auto_install/airwide/signalware/OMNI-UTIL-K269.02SP6.OMNIUTIL.ECN9S60-6.x86_64.rpm
    /apps/auto_install/airwide/signalware/OMNI-UTIL-K269.02SP6.OMNIUTIL.ECN9S60-6.x86_64.rpm