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02-23-2008, 03:36 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2007
Posts: 18
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rpm problem????
error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000
this is the message i get when installing any rpm package
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02-23-2008, 04:24 AM
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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
Posts: 43,417
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you're probably not root, so haven't got permission to create it.
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02-23-2008, 04:38 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Oct 2007
Posts: 18
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if i type su in terminal and then.................it's not working
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02-23-2008, 04:48 AM
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Registered: Jun 2001
Location: UK
Distribution: Gentoo, RHEL, Fedora, Centos
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please show the full output of the commands you're running, including the su part
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