>> I would like to install Scite for Linux, but I have no root rights. >> Hence I tried >> >> rpm -i --relocate /usr/local=$HOME scite-1.58-aap2.i686.rpm >> >> but received the following error message: >> >> error: unpacking of archive failed on file >> /etc/SciTEGlobal.properties;43fec759: >> cpio: open failed - Permission denied
> From: Lionel B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Maybe try: > > rpm -i --prefix $HOME scite-1.58-aap2.i686.rpm Does not work: $ rpm -i --prefix $HOME scite-1.58-aap2.i686.rpm error: package scite is not relocateable > From: Axel Huizinga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To me it looks like you have no write permission on /etc This is correct. You would need root rights to write to /etc > try to --relocate /=$HOME Does not work either: $ rpm -i --relocate /=$HOME scite-1.58-aap2.i686.rpm rpmdb: c_put: attempt to modify a read-only tree error: db4 error(13) from dbcursor->c_put: Permission denied error: error(13) allocating new package instance Maybe it's now time to file a bug report? To me it looks as if this rpm Package is not written for being installed in a user's HOME.... Ronald _______________________________________________ Scite-interest mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.lyra.org/mailman/listinfo/scite-interest
