Are you sure that you're logged in as root? And that it's not a permissions issue? On Sat, 2004-11-13 at 18:57, joshua neff wrote: > Newbie question here: > > I'm trying to install programs using rpm. I log in as > root and type "rpm -i" and then the package name. > Everytime I do, I get an error message: "cannot create > %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES" > > What am I doing wrong? > > ===== > --joshua m. neff > > www.goblin-cartoons.com > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > www.yahoo.com >