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I'm trying to install the Flash plugin for firefox. The directions say to type this. basement@linux:~/Desktop> rpm -Uvh flash-plugin-9.0.48.0-release.i386.rpm And this is the result error: cannot get exclusive lock on ...
  1. 09-30-2007 #1
    rollingrock
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    installing flash plugin

    I'm trying to install the Flash plugin for firefox. The directions say to type this.
    basement@linux:~/Desktop> rpm -Uvh flash-plugin-9.0.48.0-release.i386.rpm

    And this is the result
    error: 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

    Please help
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    i think you have to be root user to install
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    As mentioned above, you need root privileges to install packages globally on Linux. In this instance, you can do
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    $su -c "rpm -Uvh flash-plugin-9.0.48.0-release.i386.rpm"
    Enter roots password when prompted and the package should install.
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