RPM problems

[Thomas Ratliff]

> From: Jesse Hannah <h19h.v0l7a93 at gmail.com>
> Sent: Feb 6, 2005 5:33 PM
> To: Fedora List <fedora-list at redhat.com>
> Subject: RPM problems
>
> Whenever I try to install an RPM (rpm -i), it gives me an error. For example:
>
> warning: firefox-1.0-2.fc3.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 4f2a6fd2
> error: can't create transaction lock

I'm pretty sure this error means you're trying to install as a regular user, not as root. 

Try:    su -             then enter the root password. Try again to install the RPM, and it 
should work.   I could be wrong, though.