Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> As an aside to the beta install discussion, is it possible to install an RPM
> as an unprivileged user in Linux, in a way that it uses what's installed or
> tells you what needs updating?

Tough luck, I think.  It's really a centralized system for root.  However, you
may try this:

rpm -iv --relocate <oldpath>=<newdesiredpath> package.rpm

Since it's an unprivileged operation, I don't think it'll cause you much pain to
try it out. :)

It'll probably not work because it'll try to use and update the system-wide rpm
db.  So, you could copy such system-wide db (/var/rpmsomething?  I'm on
vacation and not on Linux right now) to some local dir and use that instead:

rpm -iv --dbpath <path> --relocate <oldpath>=<newdesiredpath> package.rpm

Worth a shot, I guess.  Of course, updates to the main db won't be reflected on
your local copy, but that's what happens to naughty boys not playing nice with
Linux standards... ;)

man rpm:
http://www.rt.com/man/rpm.8.html

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