RPM error message

mikeshn · 12-02-2003, 11:16 AM

I'm trying to install the package and got the error message:

error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm

Any ideas how to fix the problem?

Thanks

jkobrien · 12-02-2003, 11:51 AM

You're probably trying to install the packages as an ordinary user. Login as root, or type "su", and try again.

John

mikeshn · 12-02-2003, 12:07 PM

No. I'm doing this as Root.

[root@localhost mike]# su
[root@localhost mike]# rpm -ivh curl-ssl-7.9.6-1.i386.rpm
error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm

jkobrien · 12-02-2003, 12:13 PM

Do you have any kind of graphical interface for package updates open?

I presume you're the only one on the system.

Did you try to rebuild the database?

John