Take a deep breath.... You must be the root user in order to install packages onto the system. It would also be a good idea to import the public encryption key from the site where you downloaded apt from.
I have not jumped into this thread because I am still a bit new around here and I don't want to be a loud mouth. But here goes. I assume from previous discussion this is a Red Hat 9 box. I still have one of those around too. ; ) Since Red Hat stopped supporting that distribution with bug fixes and updates sometime ago you really should take a look at http://fedoralegacy.org for your updates and bug fixes, I am sure you can add their repository to your apt sources.list file. They have repositories of packages for the distributions of Red Hat and Fedora that are not actively being supported by Red Hat. 'apt' and another tool called 'yum' are two tools that are front ends to the rpm command. Their main job is to help an administrator manage the software that is installed on the machine by installing, freshening, updating and removing software packages. They perform most of the leg work involved in managing software. You supply apt or yum with a list of repositories. These are sites on the Internet that store packages for your specific distribution and version of Linux. The configuration files are stored in /etc/apt/ for apt and in /etc/yum.conf for yum. Each configuration file has a name and a URL that points to the directory that contains the packages for your distribution. IF your configuration file has an entry to a repository that contains software that you may want to install on your system you can install any packages that are contained within that repository with a simple command from the command line. like.... apt-get upgrade or apt-get install k3b yum upgrade or yum install k3b You can edit your yum or apt configuration files to search any of the repositories around the net. Personally on my Red Hat boxes I use the yum tool most of the time, on some boxes I use both apt and yum. These tools can be very useful for those users who are not very familiar with the different packages and dependencies that must be met for some software to function properly. The tools handle all the dependencies, downloading and installation of the software for you. But there is a dark side..... We won't talk about that now.... On Friday 25 March 2005 15:02, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > I downloaded apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm > Then here is the screen log: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] downloads]$ rpm -Uvh > apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm > warning: apt-0.5.5cnc6-fr1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: > NOKEY, key ID e42d547b > 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 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] downloads]$ > > Now what? > > Kevin > > --- Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Look here and all shall be clear! > > http://www.pycs.net/lateral/stories/31.html#getting-apt > > > After you get it installed, THEN you will be on your > > way. > > > > However, it looks like Bhaskar had another solution > > which is probably even > > easier. > > > > On Wednesday 23 March 2005 02:46 pm, Kevin > > > > Toppenberg wrote: > > > No I am not familiar with apt. Someone else had > > > posted instructions for using it too. But I don't > > > know how to install the system. > > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > --- Nancy Anthracite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > I found an apt repository for the RPM of that > > > > for > > > > > > red hat 9 with the info on > > > > this page. > > > > http://k3b.plainblack.com/index.pl/download#93 > > > > > > > > Are you familiar with apt? Assuming you have apt > > > > installed, enter the > > > > appropriate lines in that file next to the * and > > > > then, as root > > > > > > > > apt-get update > > > > apt-get install k3b > > ******************************************************** > > > > > * apt - /etc/apt/sources.list > > > > > > > > rpm http://rpms.xcyb.org/redhat/9 i386 stable > > > > bleeding > > > > rpm-src http://rpms.xcyb.org/redhat/9 i386 > > > > stable > > > > > > bleeding > > > > > > > > or > > > > > > > > rpm http://rpms.xcyb.org/redhat/9 i686 stable > > > > bleeding > > > > rpm-src http://rpms.xcyb.org/redhat/9 i686 > > > > stable > > > > > > bleeding > > > > > > > > or > > > > > > > > rpm http://rpms.xcyb.org/redhat/9 athlon stable > > > > bleeding > > > > rpm-src http://rpms.xcyb.org/redhat/9 athlon > > > > stable > > > > > > bleeding > > > > > > > > depending on the architecture. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 23 March 2005 07:34 am, Kevin > > > > > > > > Toppenberg wrote: > > > > > After the great advice given on this board, I > > > > have > > > > > > > decided to get k3b going. I did cdrecord > > > > > > > > --scanbus, > > > > > > > > > and sure enough my DVD is there. > > > > > > > > > > I got the k3b source from: > > > > > http://www.k3b.org/ > > > > > > > > > > The problem is that I need to compile it from > > > > > > > > source, > > > > > > > > > because there is no recent precompiled binary > > > > > available for RH9. I have never done this > > > > before, > > > > > > so > > > > > > > > > I am a bit timid. > > > > > > > > > > I have extracted the source files to a > > > > directory, > > > > > > as > > > > > > > > > the instructions advice. The next step is to > > > > > configure the source with: > > > > > # ./configure > > > > > > > > > > But here is my screenlog: > > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] kdt0p]# cd dvd+rw-tools/ > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dvd+rw-tools]# > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dvd+rw-tools]# ls > > > > > btcflash.cpp dvd+rw-mediainfo.cpp > > > > > > > > growisofs.o > > > > > > > > > Makefile.m4 > > > > > dvd-ram-control.cpp dvd+rw-tools.spec > > > > > > > > index.html > > > > > > > > > rpl8.cpp > > > > > dvd+rw-booktype.cpp growisofs.1 > > > > LICENSE > > > > > > > transport.hxx > > > > > dvd+rw-format.cpp growisofs.c > > > > > > > > Makefile > > > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dvd+rw-tools]# > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dvd+rw-tools]# ./configure > > > > > -bash: ./configure: No such file or directory > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dvd+rw-tools]# > > > > > > > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > Kevin > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > Tired of spam? 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