Re: rpm questions

[Michael Fratoni <mfratoni tuxfan homeip net>]

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On Friday 28 February 2003 06:06 pm, CM Miller wrote:
> Is anyone using apt-get for rpms in RH 8.0?
>
> Whenever I issue the following command, I get a
> strange error:
>
> apt-get install foo
>
> warning: cannot get exclusive lock on
> /var/lib/rpm/Packages
>
> What does this mean?  All of these directories do
> exist.

I don't use apt, but this isn't apt specific. It's rpm complaining.
Are you running the command as 'root'? Only root has can install packages 
and modify the rpm database.

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