Many thanks for your suggestion. I will try to do that. Kevin On 13/11/05, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 12:01:26PM +0000, Kevin Lippiatt wrote: > > > Are you running as root? :) > > No, I am running as my normal user. I shall try as root. > > You need root privileges to install a package. I suggest installing and > configuring sudo, so that you can run "sudo rpm -ivh packagefile.rpm" and > auth with your own password. This saves the hassle of switching back and > forth from a root account. > > -- > Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://mattdm.org/> > Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> > > _______________________________________________ > Rpm-list mailing list > Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list > _______________________________________________ Rpm-list mailing list Rpm-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rpm-list
