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Re: [MiNT] rpm

On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 12:17 +0100, Vincent Rivière wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I would like to install some RPMs from the Sparemint archive on my 
> ARAnyM setup.
> 
> I have unpacked the bootstrap archive:
> http://sparemint.atariforge.net/sparemint/misc/rootfs+rpm-3.06.tgz
> 
> rpm --initdb seems to success.
> 
> However, when I try to install a package with:
> rpm -ivh <package>
> I get the error:
> cannot get exclusive lock on database
> error: cannot open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
> 
> However, the file /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm exists.
> 
> Could someone help me, please ?

Might be easier to just get EasyMiNT and let that do the work for you.

Alan.