error installing rpms

xconspirisist · 10-02-2003, 02:50 PM

I get this erro then trying to install rpm's at a command line :

( $ : rpm -i gtetrinet-0.7.4-1.fr.i386.rpm )

warning: gtetrinet-0.7.4-1.fr.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID e42d547berror: 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

Mega Man X · 10-02-2003, 03:03 PM

you've to be root to install programs

Truti · 10-02-2003, 03:20 PM

if you are root, then check you packed af:
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/

(Use Debian and be free from the RPM hell.... I have escaped!)

Mega Man X · 10-02-2003, 03:28 PM

Based into the command he is typing:

$ : rpm -i gtetrinet-0.7.4-1.fr.i386.rpm

we see he is not root. The dollar symbol ($) at the beginning of the line means that an ordinary user is logged. If the was logged in as root, a hash (#] would be used instead

.

Truti has a good point. Debian fix all dependencies problems with apt-get/synaptic package manager. But you don't need to actually use Debian. Redhat, Jamd, Connectiva and many others also use apt-get:

http://freshrpms.net/

xconspirisist · 10-02-2003, 05:21 PM

ahh, I forgot, thanks for the help

Mega Man X · 10-03-2003, 03:04 AM

Hehe, no problems

It happens to everybody sometimes