Package Manager Denies Permission to Install

[R. G. Newbury]

From: Kam Leo <kam.leo at gmail.com>
 >> Dickhead wrote
 > > Logging in as root is like walking around with a loaded shotgun in 
your
 > > belt with no safety latch. You can't install packages as the root user
 > > as it's simply not secure. Just use a normal user login.
 > >
 >> >> WTF??? Does anyone know where this little bit of insanity is stored
 >> >> and how to remove it?
 > >
 > > It's called PackageKit, and it's not insane. If you're running gtk+ as
 > > root, you're already insecure.
 > >
 > > Richard.

 >Regardless of the security rant, the default settings for yum should
 >have enabled the Everything repository. Just use yum  to install the
 >package. As a bonus yum will also add any dependencies you might have
 >missed. Add/Remove Software from the GUI should also be able to do the
 >same.

Thank you Kam. I have used 'Everything' repo for some years. In this 
case, I was not at a usual repo, but (iirc) at sourceforge and wanted to 
install an rpm.

And Dick. You are not being helpful. Please stop being a dickhead. I am 
a big boy. I happen to know that I am playing in the deep end of the 
pool. I do not need dickheads telling me I have to wear inflatable 
arm-rings to swim in the deep end.


Who is a confirmed apostate from 'root is the root of all evil' 
religion. Or maybe that should be an excommunicate from the religion.


Geoff




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