On 11/6/07, Lanny Marcus <lannyma at gmail.com> wrote: > I downloaded the .rpm file from Google and am trying to install > Picasa for Linux on CentOS 5. I get the below error. Is this because > I'm using SELinux or because of something else? I found a small > Picasa folder in /opt (24 items, 143.7 KB) but it seems to end there. > Picasa is one of the programs my wife uses on Windows. TIA! > > [root at dell2400 lanny]# rpm -Uvh picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm > warning: 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;4730b5c2: cpio: symlink failed - > Operation not permitted > [root at dell2400 lanny]# Hmmm does the package look good with a rpm -K picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm I just installed it and it worked for me.. so my guess is that you have a bad RPM. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"