hi ken... 2002-08-14/21h, when Ken Stronach wrote: > > I am trying to install my Lexmark drivers for a Optra C710 but the rpm > keeps giving me a few errors. > > rpm -i lexmark???.rpm > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2) > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
> Never tried to use rpm's within Debian before but I assume I am using it > correctly... i think i had this problem a couple of months ago as well, when i tried to install the rpms for planeshift. the problem was, that there did not exist a rpm-database. i do not remember so well, but it was either just "touch"ing the needed file or doing something like "rpm --initdb --dbpath /var/lib/rpm". you could also run a "strace" on the rpm the see which file could not be opened. hth, myster sen
