On 06 November 2007, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: <snip>
Hmmm does the package look good with a rpm -K picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm
Stephen: I downloaded the .rpm file from Google again. This time, I was logged in as root. First, I downloaded the file to the Desktop. I double clicked on the Icon. Supposedly, the installation was successful, according to the Package Manager. Then, I moved the file to /tmp as Google suggests if there is a problem, and I tried to install it from a shell. Same thing. I got the below error. How did you install it? Are you using SELinux? Do you know if Picasa is available in a Yum repository, packaged for CentOS5? Since you have it running, I know it can be done. TIA, Lanny
[root@dell2400 ~]# rpm -Uvh /tmp/picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm warning: /tmp/picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 7fac5991 Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:picasa ########################################### [100%] error: unpacking of archive failed on file /opt/picasa/lib/libfreetype.so;4730c479: cpio: symlink failed - Operation not permitted [root@dell2400 ~]#
"Lanny Marcus" lannyma@gmail.com writes:
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /opt/picasa/lib/libfreetype.so;4730c479: cpio: symlink failed - Operation not permitted
After ruling out the obvious (is /opt full?), check your logs (most probably dmesg and/or /var/log/messages).
Now a wild guess: what file system are you using for /opt? Does it support symlinks?