On 11/6/07, Lanny Marcus <lannyma at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > I'm not sure why I could not install the RPM for this. Then, after I > added the Yum repository for Google, and still no joy, I went to the > CentOS Wiki and I read about installing the rpmforge repository, which > I have working properly. Then I searched for and found the key for > Google and installed and verified it. > > My last attempt ended with the following: > > Dependencies Resolved > > ============================================================================= > Package Arch Version Repository Size > ============================================================================= > Installing: > picasa i386 2.2.2820-5 google 21 M > > Transaction Summary > ============================================================================= > Install 1 Package(s) > Update 0 Package(s) > Remove 0 Package(s) > > Total download size: 21 M > Is this ok [y/N]: y > Downloading Packages: > Running Transaction Test > Finished Transaction Test > Transaction Test Succeeded > Running Transaction > Installing: picasa ######################### [1/1] > error: unpacking of archive failed on file > /opt/picasa/lib/libfreetype.so;4730da7e: cpio: symlink > > Installed: picasa.i386 0:2.2.2820-5 > Complete! > [root at dell2400 ~]# > > So, it looks like there is a problem unpacking that file. I think > SELinux is set to permissive on my box, so that should not be causing > this problem. Ideas? If someone here doesn't have a solution, I will > post in a google group. TIA! Lanny I have Selinux on my box and am not seeing the problem. I would check to see if /opt is full or that there is some other probelm in dmesg that the kernl is yelling about. I would also do a audit2allow -i /var/log/audit/audit.log to see if it says something. -- 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"