> > Can somebody tell me how to install RPM
> > when I am not root?
>
>   You can't write to /usr/local/bin or /opt/bin or whatever
>without being root.

This is true (or least, it should be. If it isn't, your system is broken).

However, the original question was unclear. Is he trying to install RPM or is he trying to install *an* rpm?

If the former, then it is relatively easy to get the sources, compile, and install in his home directory.

If the later, do a web search on "rpm2cpio", which allows you to convert an RPM back into a CPIO file, and then you can what you wish with the CPIO file. Incidentally, I don't think RPM has the ability to install to a subroot (i.e., into a home directory), like Debian's package manager does.

kenny

documented on: 1999.11.12