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When I am trying to install an .rpm, the "install software" appears in my toolbar and then nothing happens. It is really annoying and don't know what to do. Any ...
  1. 03-02-2007 #1
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    rpm installation problem

    When I am trying to install an .rpm, the "install software" appears in my toolbar and then nothing happens. It is really annoying and don't know what to do.
    Any help would be appreciated.
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    try to install it in command line way...
    open terminal and execute 'rpm -ivh <package>'.
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    This is the output

    rpm -ivh wine-0.9.25-SuSELinux101.i586.rpm
    warning: wine-0.9.25-SuSELinux101.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 0175623e
    error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000
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    You need to run the rpm command as root. You can only install software if running as root or if you have root privileges.
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    Quote Originally Posted by valemon
    This is the output

    rpm -ivh wine-0.9.25-SuSELinux101.i586.rpm
    warning: wine-0.9.25-SuSELinux101.i586.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 0175623e
    error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000
    Konqueror would do the job too if u r interested in doing it the easy way!
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    ok. Thank you. Running as root installed wine.
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