Suse 9.2 no longer allows me to use rpm

[Erishiamu]

Alrighty, so the problem here is twofold. I'm trying to install LimeWire, from the cute little rpm they have on their website. I got the dependecy it told me I needed, but then when I attempted to rpm it again, it told me this:

Elysium@Persephone:~> rpm -i LimeWireLinux.rpm
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

So, I decided to try it as su, rather than an individual user account. And, it ran it like it was supposed to, but the folder that I think it was supposed to create is not present.(sorry if that sounds confusing. I did it as su in ym home directory, but it never created the LimeWireLinux folder my past experience, and the limewire installation guide told me I could expect.)

This is problematic, as I need to, you know, run things in the folder to get it to finish installing. So, if anyone could explain to me the problem with rpm as a normal user, or where the hell it would have stuck the folder, I would be eternally grateful.

[MRabbit]

What if it put the folder in /root?

[Erishiamu]

Nope, checked there as well.