Re: [tbox-l] non-privileged user installs?

[Phil L. <ph...@fi...>]

On Oct 20, 2004, at 10:26, Phil Lawrence wrote:
 > I've searched the archive of this list, but didn't find anyone
 > talking about how to install aixtoolbox RPMS as a non-privileged 
user...

OK, I gave it my best shot, but could use a hand:

----------SETUP STUFF--------------------
bash-2.04$ cat bin/setup-rpmbuildroot
MYRPMBUILD="myrpmbuild"

# Set up build area
mkdir                                       \
   $HOME/$MYRPMBUILD                         \
   $HOME/$MYRPMBUILD/tmp                     \
   $HOME/$MYRPMBUILD/platform                \
   $HOME/$MYRPMBUILD/platform/$OSTYPE        \
   $HOME/$MYRPMBUILD/platform/$OSTYPE/rpm    \
   $HOME/$MYRPMBUILD/BUILD                   \
   $HOME/$MYRPMBUILD/RPMS                    \
   $HOME/$MYRPMBUILD/RPMS/i386               \
   $HOME/$MYRPMBUILD/SOURCES                 \
   $HOME/$MYRPMBUILD/SPECS                   \
   $HOME/$MYRPMBUILD/SRPMS

# Set up .rpmmacros file
echo "%user_home    %(echo \$HOME)"                                     
      >  $HOME/.rpmmacros
echo "%_dbpath      %{user_home}/$MYRPMBUILD/platform/%(echo 
$OSTYPE)/rpm"   >> $HOME/.rpmmacros
echo "%_tmppath     %{user_home}/$MYRPMBUILD/tmp"                       
      >> $HOME/.rpmmacros
echo "%_topdir      %{user_home}/$MYRPMBUILD"                           
      >> $HOME/.rpmmacros

# Create private RPM database
rpm --initdb

# At this point you won't be able to install any package as they all 
require
# /bin/sh. As usual, it won't look whether or not the physical file is 
here,
# it will simply search the current database. Your private and 
currently empty
# database that is.

# Work around the above fact
echo "provides: /bin/sh"    > $HOME/.rpmrc
-----------------------------------------

----------THE ATTEMPT--------------------
bash-2.04$ pwd
/home/prl2

bash-2.04$ ls -l coreutils-5.0-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
-rw-------   1 prl2     staff       2548929 Oct 20 12:35 
coreutils-5.0-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm

bash-2.04$ rpm -U -vv --prefix /home/prl2/ATLA 
coreutils-5.0-1.aix5.1.ppc.rpm
D: counting packages to install
D: found 1 packages
D: looking for packages to download
D: retrieved 0 packages
D: New Header signature
D: Signature size: 68
D: Signature pad : 4
D: sigsize         : 72
D: Header + Archive: 2548761
D: expected size   : 2548761
D: opening database mode 0x102 in 
/home/prl2/myrpmbuild/platform/aix4.3.2.0/rpm
error: package coreutils is not relocateable
-----------------------------------------

Any ideas?  Is this just not possible, i.e. I must install from source?

Thanks,
Phil