CLOSED: Trouble installing Amahi 8 after Fedora 21

[chiknnutz]

So I have went thru the Fedora 21 install per the instructions (minimal install, NO Root Password, etc.). Now I am trying to install Amahi 8 per instructions and I receive the following error:

error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/.rpm.lock (permission denied)

I also tried the "sudo su-" and when I do that, it says, "USERNAME is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported."

This gives me the impression that I should have set up a Root Password.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated!!!

[chiknnutz]

Well it appears that you have to create a root password. I reinstalled Fedora and added a root password. I then switched over to the root and the install appears to have worked (installing as I type this). I was unable to get it to work without switching to the root, so why do the instructions indicate otherwise?

[bigfoot65]

When you created the user in Fedora 21, did you ensure you selected Make this user administrator check box?

The creation of a root password should not have been necessary.

[chiknnutz]

Yes I am sure I enabled the "Administrator" check box. I did this twice just to be sure. Meaning, I installed Fedora, checked the Admin box but did not create a root password. Couldn't get the Amahi install to work so I re-installed Fedora a second time, enabled the Admin box but also created a root password this time. I then tried to install Amahi using the non-root password with the same results. It was only after I got in as the root user was I able to get Amahi installed. I understand this is not the way it's intended to work, just stating how my experience went in case someone else encounters this.

[bigfoot65]

No worries.

Wanted to understand what went wrong so we can adjust instructions if needed.

I presume when you created the user, you also created a password as well. If I am mistaken, please let me know.

[chiknnutz]

Yes, I created a password...two actually. I created one for the Admin user and a different one for the Root password.

[bigfoot65]

I meant when you installed for the first time. Can you please share the link you followed for installing Fedora 21?

We want to ensure documentation is accurate and setting a root password was not required previously. We want to understand what might have changed.

[bigfoot65]

Turns out Fedora made a change that requires a root password for CD installs. DVD installs are unaffected.

We have updated the install guidance to reflect the correct actions.

[chiknnutz]

To clarify, I installed from a CD using a DVD drive

This link shows the recipe I used for the installation.

https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Amahi_8_Install

Fedora 21 installation: https://wiki.amahi.org/index.php/Fedora ... al_Install

[bigfoot65]

Thanks for the clarification.

Yea the problem was Fedora changed a package that the Minimal (CD) Install retrieves during installation. This did not affect the Full (DVD) install as the package was already present on the DVD.

Using a DVD drive has no bearing on the issue, it was the CD image itself.