[LIH] installing rpms

[Sukrit K Mehra]

Hi list

A.      Can't one install rpms from non-root accounts. When i try to do so, it give
an error saying `can't open /var/lib/rpm/somefile.rpm' 
i did a chmod 666 on that particular file still no use. 

B.      Also, i want to install some package in /usr/local.. i have the rpms how
do i change the default install paths. 

thanks
sukrit

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