Re: Cannot Install RPMs

[Juha Siltala <jsilta mail student oulu fi>]

Sounds a bit like you're trying this as andy, Andy. Be root or do a
"su" in an xterm (then start gnorpm from the same terminal).

JS


On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Andy Meadows wrote:

> Everytime I try to install an RPM using the GnoRPM application, I get
> the error:
> 
> "Failed to open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm"
> 
> I'm running LinuxPPC on a PowerMac 8600 and Gnome 1.0. (and I'm a newbie
> to boot)
> 
> I haven't been able to install anything - from any source.
> 
> Many Thanks In Advance,
> 
> Andy
> 
> ===================
> Andy Meadows
> andy@macbroker.com
> 
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