"Lanny Marcus" <lannyma at 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? -- Arnaud