To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=102105 Issue #|102105 Summary|installation fails because root is needed to access /v |ar/lock Component|Installation Version|OOO310m11 Platform|Other URL| OS/Version|Linux Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|DEFECT Priority|P3 Subcomponent|code Assigned to|of Reported by|ktom
------- Additional comments from k...@openoffice.org Wed May 20 20:23:01 +0000 2009 ------- even though the installation is being attempted in non-root location (/usr/local) root seems to be required in order to write a lock file to a system location owned by root (/var/lock ).. see Details: Product: OpenOffice.org 3.1 Location: /usr/local Operating system: Linux Installation type: User installation ------------------------------------------------------------- Adding required package: Adding required package: ooobasis3.1-core01-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Adding required package: openoffice.org3-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Adding required package: ooobasis3.1-core02-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Adding required package: ooobasis3.1-core03-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Adding required package: ooobasis3.1-core04-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Adding required package: ooobasis3.1-core05-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Adding required package: ooobasis3.1-core06-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Adding required package: ooobasis3.1-core07-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Adding required package: ooobasis3.1-images-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Adding required package: ooobasis3.1-ooofonts-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Adding required package: openoffice.org-ure-1.5.0-9399.i586.rpm Adding required package: openoffice.org3-dict-en-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Adding required package: openoffice.org-userland-1.0-0.noarch.rpm Adding required package: openoffice.org3-dict-es-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Adding required package: ooobasis3.1-oooimprovement-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Adding required package: ooobasis3.1-ooolinguistic-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Adding required package: openoffice.org3-dict-fr-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Packages path: /users/ktscratch/download/OOO310_m11_native_packed-2_en-US.9399/RPMS/ ------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************* Checking change installation ************************************* rpm --dbpath /usr/local/.RPM_OFFICE_DATABASE --query -a Returns: 0 ************************************* Analyzing system database ************************************* ************************************* Installation ************************************* Package Name: openoffice.org-userland-1.0-0.noarch.rpm rpm --upgrade --ignoresize -vh --dbpath /usr/local/.RPM_OFFICE_DATABASE /users/ktscratch/download/OOO310_m11_native_packed-2_en-US.9399/RPMS/userland/openoffice.org-userland-1.0-0.noarch.rpm Returns: 1 Problem during installation. Can be ignored. Package Name: openoffice.org-ure-1.5.0-9399.i586.rpm rpm --upgrade --ignoresize -vh --relocate /opt=/usr/local//opt --dbpath /usr/local/.RPM_OFFICE_DATABASE /users/ktscratch/download/OOO310_m11_native_packed-2_en-US.9399/RPMS/openoffice.org-ure-1.5.0-9399.i586.rpm Returns: 1 Error during installation error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lock/rpm/transaction Package Name: ooobasis3.1-core01-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm rpm --upgrade --ignoresize -vh --relocate /opt=/usr/local//opt --dbpath /usr/local/.RPM_OFFICE_DATABASE /users/ktscratch/download/OOO310_m11_native_packed-2_en-US.9399/RPMS/ooobasis3.1-core01-3.1.0-9399.i586.rpm Returns: 1 Error during installation of course since this failed, all subsequent dependencies also fail. there needs to be a alternate place to write the lock files when not being installed by root. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@installation.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@installation.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
