CentOS - Nov 2007 - Installing Google's Picasa for Linux on CentOS 5

I downloaded the .rpm file from Google and am trying to install
Picasa for Linux on CentOS 5. I get the below error. Is this because
I'm using SELinux or because of something else?  I found a small
Picasa folder in /opt (24 items, 143.7 KB) but it seems to end there.
Picasa is one of the programs my wife uses on Windows. TIA!

[root at dell2400 lanny]# rpm -Uvh picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm
warning: picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY,
key ID 7fac5991
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:picasa                 ########################################### [100%]
error: unpacking of archive failed on file
/opt/picasa/lib/libfreetype.so;4730b5c2: cpio: symlink failed -
Operation not permitted
[root at dell2400 lanny]#
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On 11/6/07, Lanny Marcus <lannyma at gmail.com>
wrote:
> I downloaded the .rpm file from Google and am trying to install
> Picasa for Linux on CentOS 5. I get the below error. Is this because
> I'm using SELinux or because of something else?  I found a small
> Picasa folder in /opt (24 items, 143.7 KB) but it seems to end there.
> Picasa is one of the programs my wife uses on Windows. TIA!
>
> [root at dell2400 lanny]# rpm -Uvh picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm
> warning: picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY,
> key ID 7fac5991
> Preparing...                ###########################################
[100%]
>    1:picasa                 ###########################################
[100%]
> error: unpacking of archive failed on file
> /opt/picasa/lib/libfreetype.so;4730b5c2: cpio: symlink failed -
> Operation not permitted
> [root at dell2400 lanny]#
Hmmm does the package look good with a

rpm -K picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm

I just installed it and it worked for me.. so my guess is that you
have a bad RPM.


-- 
Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"

>[CentOS] Installing Google's Picasa for Linux on CentOS 5
On 06 November 2007, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
<snip>
>Hmmm does the package look good with a
>rpm -K picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm
[lanny at dell2400 ~]$ rpm -K picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm
picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm: (SHA1) DSA sha1 md5 (GPG) NOT OK (MISSING
KEYS: GPG#                                            7fac5991)
[lanny at dell2400 ~]

Stephen: Thank you! I will download the .rpm file again and try it
again. I tried to install with yum, but apparently it's not in
rpmforge. Good to know that you have it running!
-- 
Lanny

On 06 November 2007, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
<snip>
>Hmmm does the package look good with a
>rpm -K picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm
Stephen: I downloaded the .rpm file from Google again. This time, I
was logged in as root.
First, I downloaded the file to the Desktop. I double clicked on the
Icon. Supposedly, the installation was successful, according to the
Package Manager. Then, I moved the file to /tmp as Google suggests if
there is a problem, and I tried to install it from a shell. Same
thing. I got the below error. How did you install it? Are you using
SELinux? Do you know if Picasa is available in a Yum repository,
packaged for CentOS5? Since you have it running, I know it can be
done.  TIA, Lanny

[root at dell2400 ~]#  rpm -Uvh /tmp/picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm
warning: /tmp/picasa-2.2.2820-5.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature:
NOKEY, key ID 7fac5991
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
   1:picasa                 ########################################### [100%]
error: unpacking of archive failed on file
/opt/picasa/lib/libfreetype.so;4730c479: cpio: symlink failed -
Operation not permitted
[root at dell2400 ~]#