Hi
Tonight I went to install the package sharutils from the 9.2 disks. It would not install and gave me the following error. I have no idea what it means. Anybody can explain/rectify this???
--------------------------------------------------------------------- ERROR(InstTarget:E_RpmDB_subprocess_failed) --- error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for any help/guidance.
Adam,
I was root. You have to be root to install software with Yast.
Bob S.
There should be more messages in the file /var/log/YaST2/y2log which may shed more light on the problem, for example the rpm database is corrupt and needs rebuilding. Also check the permissions of the directory /var/lib/rpm (ls -ld) and the files contained within it (ls -l). Root should be able to read/write these files. -- /Paul "It's not about the ending, it's about the journey." - Lex Luthor