On 6/5/07, charles f. zeitler <cfzeitler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
--- Rahul Sundaram <sundaram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> charles f. zeitler wrote: > >>> following the steps outlined > >>> on http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/download/fedora5.html > >>> ( the recommended page for fedora =>5) > >>> as root, works fine until i get to: > >>> rpm --import thomas.pubkey > >>> at which iget the > >>> "cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages" > >>> warning. > >> Are you running as root user? > >> > >> Rahul > > > > no, i su'd to root status. > > is there a difference? > > Not any that would make a difference in this instance. Maybe you can try > using one of those popular third party repository to get these plugins. > thanks. have done that (third party thing), but it seems i have the same problem loading the jpackage key... > Rahul
Did you provide the complete path to the file? If that does not work save the file with your browser to your drive and then install.