Re: [SLE] installing rpm with yast

From: Anders Johansson (andjoh_at_rydsbo.net)
Date: 11/23/04

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    Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:37:09 +0100
    
    

    On Tuesday 23 November 2004 16:04, David Sexton wrote:
    > I am having problems when I try to install any rpm on SUSE using yast.
    > After selecting the rpm I want installed I click accept and it starts the
    > install after downloading and trying to install them I get an error saying
    > the following rpm felled to install. No mater what rpm I try to installed
    > I get the same results ever time. Any suggestions on how to fix this or
    > what I am doing wrong

    Do you have anything running that works with the RPM database, such as the red
    carpet daemon or similar? In 9.2, rpm was changed so if one program locked
    the rpm database, it will wait until it's released and then continue
    operations, but in earlier versions if the rpm database was locked, other
    programs - such as yast - would just fail with an error message like you're
    getting. Could be a possibility

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