Laura Conrad wrote: > > >>>>> "Jan" == Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> I tried this one and I ran 'rpm -i lilypond-1.4.2-1mdk.i586.rpm' got the > >> following: > >> > >> cannot open Packages index using db3 - Permission denied (13) > > Jan> Hmm, so it seems that your system is stuck half way some rpm upgrade? > Jan> RPM has been upgraded, but not the database? > > Jan> I don't know much about this (I'm running Debian), but you may want to > Jan> be very careful with your package database, make a backup first. > > I had exactly this problem on Mandrake 8.0, and never figured out a > way to solve it except for reinstalling (I couldn't update) with 8.1. > This turns out to have been a mistake; there are serious problems with > the printing system in 8.1, so if I were you I'd either do the 8.2 > beta, or wait until 8.2 comes out officially. I seem to have fixed my > problems with the printing by installing some RPMS (the actual list > you need is at http://mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=1485) from the > 8.2 beta3 distribution.
I still think if I am going to change/upgrade my distribution, I will move to Debian. Anyway, I will see if I can get all of guile installed, and try the sources again. I think that if this problem is caused by some part of guile that Lilypond needs, then upgrading to 8.1 might not be necessary. > > Jan> Oops. And is your database still ok? Maybe some Red Hat user on this > Jan> list knows about your problem (or maybe google knows)? > > Mine certainly wasn't. I did the reinstall when I stopped being able > to do rpm even for simple things. I think that version of urpmi or > the GUI that went with it was seriously bad. Quite frankly, I have never been able to do anything with 'rpm' except view the contents of an archive, or possible unpack it, but I have never been able to install any rpm packages. I don't know if this problem is inherent to Mandrake 8.0 or what, but that is my gut feeling... > > -- > Laura (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] , http://www.laymusic.org/ ) > (617) 661-8097 fax: (801) 365-6574 > 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139 _______________________________________________ Lilypond-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
