Re: RH9: RPM Lockup

[geno <geno pop net>]

I was logged in as root each time.

geno
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On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 12:32, Walter Worth wrote:
> On Saturday, 28 Jun 03, geno <geno pop net> wrote:
> > When I use either 'rpm -i' or 'rpm -ivh' to try to
> > install an
> > RH9-specific RPM downloaded from either RHN or
> > Freshrpms,the machine
> > will accept the instruction without error message,
> > but then nothing
> > happens.
> > 
> > Does anyone have any thoughts on how I can find out
> > what is happening?
> > 
> 
> You must be logged in as root to add or remove
> packages. You may, however, list installed packages,
> query packages for information, or verify a package's
> contents without root permissions. If rpm -i is run by
> someone who is not the root user, the command will
> fail. The output will indicate that the /var/lib/rpm
> database could not be open. Log in as root and try
> again. Rpm -ivh is a valid command and with the -h
> option, rpm chugs out 50 hash marks (#) until the
> package is done installing.Some problems can occur -
> package dependencies errors -- if the package you are
> installing requires additional packages for it to work
> properly, you will see an error noting the missing
> package. You should get and install that package
> before trying your package again. (You can override
> the failure with install options but I don't recommend
> that because your package may not work without the
> dependent package.
> 
> Non-root user errors (use must be "root". :)
> 
> 
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