> > Gathering package information from servers > > Getting headers from: Yellow Dog Linux 3.0 base > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "/usr/bin/yum", line 44, in ? > > yummain.main(sys.argv[1:]) > > File "yummain.py", line 141, in main > > File "clientStuff.py", line 643, in get_package_info_from_servers > > OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/cache/yum/base' > > [drussi@localhost drussi]$ > > Has anybody ever experienced this. Can anyone help me out to get it > runnning I am really hanging and have no idea why I get the last line > before the prompt returns for me to try again to get yum working and end > up with the same result. run yum as root. You're running it as a user for the first time and that's why you're seeing that problem. Run it as root. -sv
