Am Sam, 2003-03-01 um 00.06 schrieb CM Miller: > Is anyone using apt-get for rpms in RH 8.0? I do.
> Whenever I issue the following command, I get a > strange error: > > apt-get install foo > > warning: cannot get exclusive lock on > /var/lib/rpm/Packages > What does this mean? All of these directories do > exist. This means that something else but apt-rpm has locked your rpm database. This typically indicates that (a) there might be another process running accessing your rpm database in parallel to apt-rpm (b) you have a stale file lock on your rpm database. (c) you are trying to run "apt-rpm install" without root privileges. In case of (a) Terminate all other processes trying access your rpm database in parallel to apt-rpm (b) Remove rpm's lock files (rm /var/lib/rpm/__db*) and rerun apt-rpm. This typically happens after having interrupted rpm or apt by "Ctrl C". (c) Become root. Ralf -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
