--- Michael Sullivan <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 I'm sure. I open the terminal as me-as-a-user, type "su," type the root password, and then do the rpm thing. ===== --joshua m. neff www.goblin-cartoons.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com
