more info Re: failed install of KDE 3

[Jonathan Hutchins]

> > I tried what you said.  The command
> > rpm -e kdegames3-3.0.1-1mdk

> > Got me the following error.

> > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not
> > permitted (1) error: cannot open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Dascher" <gedascher at multiservice.com>

> Run this same command as root.  You don't have permission to add/delete
from
> the RPM database as a regular user.

Good catch, Gene.  although it does say "Operation not permitted", I would
probably have gone looking for a corrupted database.  It never occurred to
me that he wouldn't be running as root.

I think the error message could be more explicit, unless maybe it's an
intentional "security by obscurity" choice.