----- Original Message ----- From: "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, August 9, 2004 2:53 pm Subject: Re: [clug-talk] tried to install RealPlayer
> Incoming from Michael Walters: > > > > I noticed that the file name I typed in to install had a number > of errors > > including not capitalizing R and P in RealPlayer and having one > to many ones > > in .1186- (should have been .186-). > > > > So I logged in as root and went to my Dl directory and saw in > red letters > > "RealPlayer-0.4.0.186-20040615.i586.rpm" which was the file name > of the file > > I downloaded to my Dl directory. I then typed in "rpm -ivh > > RealPlayer-0.4.0.186-20040615.i586.rpm" and got the error > message: "error: > > can not open Packagesindex using db3 - No such file or directory > (2) error: > > can not open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm". > ..^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > I'd guess this is the error. Have you installed any rpm's before? > If > not, you probably haven't done "rpm --initdb" > > > I am running a libranet debian linux desktop. > > Do you know about libranet-users mailing list? > > Doesn't Libranet as a Debian based distro use Apt-get? I know you can use apt4rpm on a rpm based distro to get the apt functionality but didn't know the reverse was true. Graham _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
