rpm problems - can't create transaction lock

[RyanJones187]

Hi everyone!

I'm trying to follow the Acronis tutorial here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=823433) but everytime I try to run |rpm --initdb| I get this:

ryan@XANA:~$ sudo su
root@XANA:/home/ryan# rpm --initdb
error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000
root@XANA:/home/ryan#


Does anyone know how to fix this or if there is something specific I need to do? Help would be appreciated :)

[SunnyRabbiera]

We really dont use RPM's here, instead we use .debs.
If you need to install this package try to find a debian installer or convert it with alien.
Also another part of your issue is that you need sudo to use root access.

[Joeb454]

Moved to Other OS Talk, as it seems the OP isn't using Ubuntu.

My basis for this is that RPM's are for Red Hat based distro's, not Debian based ;)

[ajmorris]

Hi everyone!

I'm trying to follow the Acronis tutorial here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=823433) but everytime I try to run |rpm --initdb| I get this:



Does anyone know how to fix this or if there is something specific I need to do? Help would be appreciated :)

hi there,

What OS are you using?