still unable to install rpms...here is my output for ls -l
/var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6094984 jan 3 1734
and for ls -l /var/lib/rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16384 jan 3 conflictsindex.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1306624 jan 3 fileindex.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16384 jan 3 groupindex.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16384 jan 3 homeindex.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6094984 jan 3 packages.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28672 jan 3 providesindex.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 90112 jan 3 requiredby.rpm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16384 jan 3 triggerindex.rpm
i had to type this in by hand, so i may have made a mistake, but i
think i got it right...what else can i try?...should i try
reinstalling my distro?.
thanks
russell (joeless)
Greg Olszewski wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 09:53:21PM -0500, Russell Simmons wrote:
> > i have been unsuccessful installing rpm's from my mandrake 6.0 dist
> > i am trying to install joe
> > at the cl i get a cannot open file message after i cd
> > /mnt/cdrom/mandrake/rpms
> > and rpm -i joe-2.8-9mdk.i586.rpm
> > in gnome after i mount the cdrom and select the package i get this
> > message:
> > failed to open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
> >
> > anyone have any ideas?
> > tia
> > russell
>
> Does /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm exsist?
> what are it's permissions (ls -l /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm)?
> are you root when you are doing the install?
> is the file system than /var is on mounted read/write?
>
> that's about all I can think of.
>
> have fun
>
> greg
> --
> this is not here
