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I'm trying to install mysql on a server, but I keep getting an error. Can anyone offer any help?

Below I've listed a bunch of info that you might find helpful.

Here are the commands I'm using.

$ ls
MySQL-client-community-5.1.35-0.rhel3.i386.rpm
MySQL-server-community-5.1.35-0.rhel3.i386.rpm
$ rpm -i MySQL-server-community-5.1.35-0.rhel3.i386.rpm
warning: MySQL-server-community-5.1.35-0.rhel3.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5072e1f5
error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
$ rpm -i MySQL-client-community-5.1.35-0.rhel3.i386.rpm
warning: MySQL-client-community-5.1.35-0.rhel3.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5072e1f5
error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
$


I'm pretty sure that the RPM files are OK based on this

$ rpm -qpl MySQL-server-community-5.1.35-0.rhel3.i386.rpm
warning: MySQL-server-community-5.1.35-0.rhel3.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 5072e1f5
/etc/init.d/mysql
/etc/logrotate.d/mysql
/usr/bin/innochecksum
/usr/bin/my_print_defaults
/usr/bin/myisam_ftdump
/usr/bin/myisamchk
...
/usr/share/mysql/swedish/errmsg.sys
/usr/share/mysql/ukrainian
/usr/share/mysql/ukrainian/errmsg.sys


I'm pretty sure I have the correct installation files. I have an intel Xeon processor and I downled the x86 RPM files.

---------- Post updated at 02:12 PM ---------- Previous update was at 12:57 PM ----------

I got my issue figured out. I needed to be root.

Judging by the $ prompt you are not installing the RPM as root...

If that is the case then either su to root or preface each run of rpm with sudo.

he posted an update and found that he needs to be root . so, solved and closed!