Hoyt, To do most things such as install RPMS you need to be root. This is explained in the RPM howto section.
When at first you fail RTFM. Albert Smith Unix Administrator Quest Diagnostics Inc. Work: 610-454-4320 Pager: 800-946-4646 pin 1723803 Mobile: 215-498-6829 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1201 S. Collegeville Rd. Collegeville, PA 19426 -----Original Message----- From: Hoyt Duff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 3:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] mandrake 8.1 On Friday 14 December 2001 03:40 pm, you wrote: > >�2.) I find when you download a rpm file from the internet and want to > >�install it, it won't let you install it because of some error with db3 > >�stuff.. You get that error when you try to install software as a regular user. You should be root to install software, or at least to access the rpm database. Hoyt
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