How to use rpm to install adobe-flash?

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Sat, 9 Apr 2011 09:51:53 +0530
Varuna Seneviratna <varunaseneviratna at gmail.com> wrote:

> When executed the command
> 
> rpm -i adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
> The feedback is, Eerror: can't create transaction lock on
> /var/lib/rpm/.rpm.lock (Permission denied)
> 
> 
> What is the Solution and what is meant by?
> can't create transaction lock
> 
> How to Overcome this?

You need to be root (superuser) to install packages. ;) 
(ie, use the 'su' command first)

Also, see: 

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flash

for step by step instructions. 

kevin
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