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07-18-2003, 07:58 AM
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Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Alaska, USA
Distribution: Red Hat 9
Posts: 179
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That installed.........
Now I get this
Quote:
[hubcaps@localhost hubcaps]$ rpm -Uvh /home/hubcaps/Downloads/gaim-0.65-1rh9.i386.rpm
warning: /home/hubcaps/Downloads/gaim-0.65-1rh9.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 883c1c14
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
[hubcaps@localhost hubcaps]$
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07-18-2003, 07:59 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Distribution: slackware
Posts: 4,185
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listen to jatt_thugz as to deal with msn its the only way to go....there is so many things that gaim,ccmsn,kmess, etc,etc, lack compared to amsn as referring to a alternative....i have to say, if you use an older version of amsn then yah the others are just as good, and some might be even better....but since they fixed it up in the 0.80 release with some new features it definetaly takes the cake.
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07-18-2003, 08:00 AM
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#18
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Senior Member
Registered: May 2003
Location: Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
Distribution: slackware
Posts: 4,185
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and your getting that error cause your not logged in as root.
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07-18-2003, 08:01 AM
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#19
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Salt Lake City, UT - USA
Distribution: Gentoo ; LFS ; Kubuntu ; CentOS ; Raspbian
Posts: 12,613
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Try doing that as root..
Also, run an updatedb first, along with an rpmdb rebuild so type:
updatedb
rpm --rebuilddb
Then install the RPM.
Cool
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07-18-2003, 08:04 AM
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Member
Registered: May 2003
Distribution: Debian
Posts: 40
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...and let us know if you're successful...  |
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07-18-2003, 08:04 AM
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#21
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Alaska, USA
Distribution: Red Hat 9
Posts: 179
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Quote:
Originally posted by DrOzz
and your getting that error cause your not logged in as root.
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REALLY.................
How do I install amsn(0.80)? Readme file doesn't show......... |
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07-18-2003, 08:06 AM
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#22
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Alaska, USA
Distribution: Red Hat 9
Posts: 179
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How do I login as Root?
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07-18-2003, 08:07 AM
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Salt Lake City, UT - USA
Distribution: Gentoo ; LFS ; Kubuntu ; CentOS ; Raspbian
Posts: 12,613
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You type:
su -
And then enter your root password.
Cool
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07-18-2003, 08:15 AM
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#24
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Alaska, USA
Distribution: Red Hat 9
Posts: 179
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ok logged in as root and now i got this
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[root@localhost root]# rpm -Uvh /home/hubcaps/Downloads/gaim-0.65-1rh9.i386.rpm
warning: /home/hubcaps/Downloads/gaim-0.65-1rh9.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 883c1c14
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:gaim ########################################### [100%]
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Now how do I open the program? |
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07-18-2003, 08:17 AM
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#25
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LQ Guru
Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Salt Lake City, UT - USA
Distribution: Gentoo ; LFS ; Kubuntu ; CentOS ; Raspbian
Posts: 12,613
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By typing
gaim
Of course you will want to logout of root first, so type:
exit
Cool
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07-18-2003, 08:19 AM
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#26
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Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Alaska, USA
Distribution: Red Hat 9
Posts: 179
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ok found out.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP.
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07-18-2003, 10:12 AM
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#27
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Member
Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Oricola, Italy
Distribution: RH 9, so far
Posts: 261
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Oh....
Congratulations. Thank you also.
Suggest acheiving it.
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