You need to be root in order to install the rpm.

Benjamin Jensen scribbled furiously on 9/17/2003 11:54 PM:
thanks for the help, but i got this error message when i tried rpming
the 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

....not sure what to do in this situation.....


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