You should be root or use sudo when installing RPMs.
Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
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But when I tried to install the source, I got (because of permissions):
$ rpm -i ../hobbit-4.2.0-1.src.rpm
error: cannot write to %sourcedir /usr/src/redhat/SOURCES
So, it appears that there is some directory information that the -qpl
switch doesn't display
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