Install Local RPM

[cloneu2]

when ever i try to install a RPM file from a DL and not from yum i get the following error

You don't have the necessary privileges to install local packages

I an logged on as ROOT and this one gets me.. I have looked at permissions and can not find it

tks

[Seve]

Hello:
What commands are you using install the rpms ?

Seve

[cloneu2]

Hello:
What commands are you using install the rpms ?

Seve

just doing a DL and then letting firefox do the install with the package installer

:)

[krcrouse]

Anderson, SC? My folks live in in Seneca.

Anyway, I'm not entirely sure I understand. Are you logged into your gnome/kde session as root, or do you just have a terminal that you typed 'su' in? Did you type 'firefox' in that terminal or did you press the icon on the toolbar?

If you logged in as yourself, and you pressed the icon, Firefox does not have root access even if you open up a root terminal. Try running firefox from the root terminal first.

This seems strange though, because I thought firefox on linux has/would have the option to install plugins on a user-level basis. I'll wait until you reply to do any investigation.

Kevin

[leigh123linux]

Have you tried setting up authorization

polkit-gnome-authorization

[cloneu2]

Have you tried setting up authorization

polkit-gnome-authorization

I have been there and it will not allow me tp make any changes. I have logged on to KDE as ROOT and the way I get there from boot is.. Deleted gdm- changed kernel arguments by deleting RHGB and replaced it with KDM so I boot right to KDE... open up a terminal session and enter polkit-gnome-authorization. Go to where leigh123 said and try to change local install. It will not accept my changes..

Hope that this helps... I can't figure this one out... I did get DUAL monitors working with my nvidia card just no compiz yet. still stuck with the nvidia beta drivers.

Just added a user john and same thing. polkit will not save any of my changes. I have gone to a gnome session as well and same problem. Can't change anything for the new user. I can select the changes BUT when I click on the grant button nothing happens and I just have to hit the X on the status bar to close the window...

Tks
John

[cloneu2]

Anderson, SC? My folks live in in Seneca.


Then U have been here before. Yea Anderson, SC I moved here 14 years ago from Jupiter, Fla..

[Khinxman]

having the same problems as the original Poster, polkit-gnome-authorization will not allow me to grant permissions (it wont even allow me to add the root user)

[hellork]

Interesting... F9 preview live CD install is letting me install rpm as a normal user, no problem and nuveau driver works great. I didn't have to do any weird changes. A new PackageKit came out today. I guess I'll try that and see if any problems crop up.

[jflesher]

I'm having the same issue; I'm logged in as root; can't install flash even. I have all the updates in.
I get this error:
Firefox could not install this item because "install-s2d..rdf" (provided by the item) is not well-formed or does not exist. Please contact the author about this problem.
I tried downloading it and get the error:
You don't have the necessary privileges to install local packages
I got the same error tying the YUM for Linux update also

I downloaded it and did the RPM install and that worked fine.

[ragavendra_bn]

When I double click on any rpm I get 'You don't have the necessary privileges to install local packages' although i have logged on as root and have the execute bit set.

[cloneu2]

When I double click on any rpm I get 'You don't have the necessary privileges to install local packages' although i have logged on as root and have the execute bit set.
I think I figured it out. Log on as any user other than root. Then run the program with SU and you can make changes. For some reason root is limited as to what you can do.... A user can do what you need to do if they know the root password....

[duncan]

I hate this kind of stuff. There are people deciding what we can and cannot do and they think it is for our own good.