Hi!
RPM seems to be broken on my freshly set up Fedora Core 2 distro. I first recognized it when I wanted to install the xmms-mp3 package. First, it tries to solve the dependencies, saying I need xmms => 1.2.7
When you then force it with --nodeps it just says
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Warnung: xmms-mp3-1.2.7-0.rhfc1.dag.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 6b8d79e6
Fehler: can't create transaction lock
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I thought it had something to do with the forced ignoring of the dependencies, so I tried to install my favourite linux game, LBreakout2 out of its RPM, but I got the same error.
Is there any way to fix this?

Hi there,

I really recommend the use of yum for installing software if you have a half decent internet connection.

Open a terminal window and type 'yum install synaptic' for a start. Synaptic is a nice yum front end with which you can serach for any package you want. Then use synaptic to solve all your problems.

Another trick is to add repositories to your /etc/yum.conf which may have the software you want. Search Google for 'dag repository' - I can't remember the exact name of the site but on there, there are some good instructions for using yum and apt and he has some good packages in his repository that you can install.

Good luck let me know how it goes.

Cameron

I found www.mjmwired.net is helpful, go to resources and Fedora Core II
a lots of hints are useful like the xmm's

Hi Thorax,

The errormessage 'cannot create transaction lock' also occurs when you are trying to install without being logged in as root.

Ooops, how could I have forgotten that?
Thanks, mvaneck.

The yum thing sounds good, will try, altough I only own an 56K modem.

Hmm, yum doesn't want to work. I think I've made a mistake

When I try 'yum list' or 'yum update' (as root), I get


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[root@zytor pp]# yum list
Options Error: Not a boolean: 1
[fedora-us-2]
name=Fedora Core 2 -- Fedora US mirror
baseurl=http://ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/fedora/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.os
[fedora-us-2-updates]
name=Fedora Core 2 updates -- Fedora US mirror
baseurl=http://ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.updates
[fedora-us-2-stable]
name=Fedora Linux (stable) for Fedora Core 2 -- Fedora US mirror
baseurl=http://ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.stable

Usage: yum [options] <update | upgrade | install | info | remove | list |
clean | provides | search | check-update | groupinstall | groupupdate |
grouplist >

Options:
-c [config file] - specify the config file to use
-e [error level] - set the error logging level
-d [debug level] - set the debugging level
-y answer yes to all questions
-t be tolerant about errors in package commands
-R [time in minutes] - set the max amount of time to randomly run in.
-C run from cache only - do not update the cache
--installroot=[path] - set the install root (default '/')
--version - output the version of yum
--exclude=some_pkg_name - packagename to exclude - you can use
this more than once
--download-only - only download packages - do not run the transaction
-h, --help this screen

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Here's my /etc/yum.conf:

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[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
retries=20

[base]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Base
baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/$releasever/$basearch/os/

[updates-released]
name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Released Updates
baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/$releasever/$basearch/

#[updates-testing]
#name=Fedora Core $releasever - $basearch - Unreleased Updates
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/testing/$releasever/$basearch/

#[development]
#name=Fedora Core $releasever - Development Tree
#baseurl=http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/$basearch/

### See http://www.fedora.us/wiki/FedoraSources
### And insert here the fedora.us repository configuration

### And then add theese lines to access rpm.livna.org repositories:
[livna-stable]
name=Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages (stable)
baseurl= http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/stable
gpgcheck=1

[livna-unstable]
name=Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages (unstable)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/unstable
gpgcheck=1

[livna-testing]
name=Livna.org Fedora Compatible Packages (testing)
baseurl=http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/$releasever/$basearch/yum/testing
gpgcheck=1

[fedora-us-2]
name=Fedora Core 2 -- Fedora US mirror
baseurl=http://ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/fedora/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.os
[fedora-us-2-updates]
name=Fedora Core 2 updates -- Fedora US mirror
baseurl=http://ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.updates
[fedora-us-2-stable]
name=Fedora Linux (stable) for Fedora Core 2 -- Fedora US mirror
baseurl=http://ftp://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Linux/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.stable

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I couldn't find much info on that error you are getting. In any case you could extract those 'livna' entries from yum.conf and leave the default ones in there to test it is working properly. And to state the obvious you need to be connected to the internet for it to work The first time you run yum you should use:

#yum check-update

This will download and update all the headers of the available packages in the respective repositories listed in your yum.conf. This will take a good few minutes - especially over 56k modem so go make some tea and biscuits and read a book or something

Your other option is to try 'apt'. Apt is similar to yum and also works quite well. You should find most of the instructions and download links you need for apt and yum here:

http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/apt/FAQ.php

Check it out and see how it goes. As a last resort, if you think your yum/apt/fedora install is stuffed, just re-install the box and start again. Yum *should* work out the box without any need for tweaking.

And remember to connect to your ISP before running yum or apt!

Good luck

C

I also just installed Fedora Core Two and also had a problem installing RPM's from both the GUI and command-line. In addition, I had a problem dual booting. I was no longer able to boot back into my Windows XP installation. By reading through some posts on the dual boot issue of FC2 I found out that I had to change my disks from "auto" to "LBA" in the BIOS. Once I did this the machine was able to boot into both operating systems.
While I am not sure of the relationship between the dual boot and RPM installation problems, the issue of not being able to install RPMs is now not a problem from command-line. The ability to install RPM's from the GUI is still a problem. My understanding from some other posts that Redhat intentionally disabled the ability to install RPM's from the GUI.

I think so, too. But I've heard of a inofficial Fedora FAQ which explains how to install RPMs in the GUI. Maybe you'll have more luck in finding it on the net than I had