-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 28 February 2003 06:06 pm, CM Miller wrote: > Is anyone using apt-get for rpms in RH 8.0? > > Whenever I issue the following command, I get a > strange error: > > apt-get install foo > > warning: cannot get exclusive lock on > /var/lib/rpm/Packages > > What does this mean? All of these directories do > exist.
I don't use apt, but this isn't apt specific. It's rpm complaining. Are you running the command as 'root'? Only root has can install packages and modify the rpm database. - -- - -Michael pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt Red Hat Linux 7.{2,3}|8.0 in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/ - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+X/r5n/07WoAb/SsRAtw2AJwOczbpDOfbMAwDAWNWHzqgu5hqLQCfS0Ap K2eGNp/2dpDysmskx7rWz3g= =MX+B -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
