Unable to install RPM-PKG: you dont have permission to install software

dhvlktry · September 2, 2021, 6:31am

hi, i had downloaded rpm file for virio from here

virtio-win/virtio-win-pkg-scripts/blob/master/README.md

Scripts for packaging virtio-win drivers into VFDs, ISO, and an RPM. The goal
here is to generate a virtio-win RPM that matches the same file layout as
the RHEL virtio-win RPM, and publish the contents on `fedorapeople.org`.

For details about using these scripts, see [HACKING.md](HACKING.md). This
document describes the content that is published.


## Downloads

Static URLs are available for fetching `latest` or `stable` virtio-win output.
These links will redirect to versioned filenames when downloaded.

The `stable` builds of virtio-win roughly correlate to what was shipped with the most recent Red Hat Enterprise Linux release. The `latest` builds of virtio-win are the latest available builds, which may be pre-release quality.

* [Stable virtio-win ISO](https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.iso)
* [Stable virtio-win RPM](https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm)
* [Latest virtio-win ISO](https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/latest-virtio/virtio-win.iso)
* [Latest virtio-win RPM](https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/latest-virtio/virtio-win.noarch.rpm)
* [Latest virtio-win-guest-tools.exe](https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/latest-virtio/virtio-win-guest-tools.exe)

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now i am trying to install it with gnome software,
but it says Unable to install RPM-PKG: you dont have permission to install software

why dont i have permission, i am admin on my fedora 34

augenauf · September 2, 2021, 8:31am

you can use dnf or rpm commands to install an rpm package, see the following example…

sudo dnf install ./virtio-win.rpm

sudo rpm -i virtio-win.rpm

coming from MS Windows OS? Admin rights work differently in Linux:

There is a user called “root”, which is the only admin on your system but you never login to your graphical session in as root. In newer Fedora releases, there is not even a password set for root.

For a regular user, there is the ability to become superuser (do what root can do) for a single action or command. Maybe that is what you mean. So, Gnome should pop up and asks for a password through something called PolicyKit. On command line, after using sudo <command> you are being asked your password.

Also see: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/3063/how-do-i-run-a-command-as-the-system-administrator-root