On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 23:48, Andre Kirchner wrote: > Hi, > > when I try to run up2date, it returns a message saying > that I should install the public-key with the commands > > rpm --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY > rpm --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora > > But when I execute them, the following error messages > are shown > > [root@Deutschland root]# rpm --import > /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora > error: cannot get exclusive lock on > /var/lib/rpm/Packages > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - > Operation not permitted (1) > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > error: /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora: import > failed. > [root@Deutschland root]# rpm --import > /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY > error: cannot get exclusive lock on > /var/lib/rpm/Packages > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - > Operation not permitted (1) > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > error: /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY: import failed. > > How do I fix it? > > Thanks, > > Andre Make sure that nothing else is running RPM. Like Up2date maybe open. Close them all down, then run the rpm --import again. Wolf
