From: Ashish Kumar on
Hi,
I am trying to install mysql enterprise 5.1 on RHEL server. I am
getting below error.

bash-3.2$ rpm -i MySQL-server-enterprise-
gpl-5.1.46sp1-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm --nodeps
error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000

Any help in this regard ?
From: Jeff Long on
Ashish Kumar wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to install mysql enterprise 5.1 on RHEL server. I am
> getting below error.
>
> bash-3.2$ rpm -i MySQL-server-enterprise-
> gpl-5.1.46sp1-1.rhel5.x86_64.rpm --nodeps
> error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/__db.000
>
> Any help in this regard ?

are you root when you run rpm?

Jeff Long