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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    Re: [users] [moderated]Install OpenOffice 2.0
From:       CPH <cphennessy () openoffice ! org>
Date:       2005-03-15 0:52:56
Message-ID: 200503150052.56446.cphennessy () openoffice ! org
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On Monday 14 March 2005 00:30, + Rob wrote:
>  [ MODERATED ] ***********************
>
> CPH schreef:
> >On Friday 11 March 2005 10:15, + Rob wrote:
> >> [ MODERATED ] ***********************
> >>
> >>CPH schreef:
> >>>On Wednesday 09 March 2005 20:47, + Rob wrote:
> >>>>[ MODERATED ] ***********************
> >>>>My OS is SUSE 9.2 and i've got all rpm-files but giving rpm -Uvih *rpm
> >>>>it stops with the message
> >>>>error: Failed dependencies:
> >>>>       suse-release conflicts with openofficeorg-redhat-menus-1.9.79-1
> >>>
> >>>This redHat rpm is irrelvant for you so you can delete it andf them run
> >>>your rpm command as before.
> >>>
> >>>Please reply to users@openoffice.org only
> >>
> >>Please, I'am a f.... newbie and what do you mean by ...run your rpm
> >>command as before...?!
> >
> >1) remove the openofficeorg-redhat-menus-1.9.79-1 rpm
> >2) run the command "rpm -Uvih *rpm"
> >
> >Please reply to users@openoffice.org only
>
> Thanks for your advice, i've done it and got the following messages:
>
> error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - the operation is not
> allowed (1)
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm

You have to be the admisitrtor of your machine to install rpms.
Generally this means "su -" and then giveing the administration password.
Then rerun the commands mentioned above.

Please reply to users@openoffice.org only


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