# New to linux, fairly tech savvy, issues with RPM-OSTREE

**URL:** <https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/new-to-linux-fairly-tech-savvy-issues-with-rpm-ostree/12601>\
**Category:** Bazzite\
**Created:** [October 24, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/new-to-linux-fairly-tech-savvy-issues-with-rpm-ostree/12601 "2026-10-24T23:58:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheVillain](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/thevillain/32/10561_2.png) [@TheVillain](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/TheVillain)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/new-to-linux-fairly-tech-savvy-issues-with-rpm-ostree/12601/1 "2026-10-24T23:58:44Z")

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Aaaahoy

I’m struggling to install packages with the RPM-OSTREE command, and having read the documentation for Bazzite I’m pretty sure my use cases are appropriate.

First I tried grabbing a package that would let me tweak the sensitivity of the touchpad scrolling and zooming, and that failed.

Now i’m trying to add a package that builds on PAM to let me use a pin for some authentication (yes, I know, more risky in places - my risk to take)

I genuinely don’t know anymore if this is a case of both repo’s being broken in some way or if I’m just messing up despite my best efforts.

If anyone can point me to a good example repo to use RPM-OSTREE for ‘practice’ I’d be grateful.

Below is the specific use case i’m struggling with:

> **[GitHub - nikolainyegaard/pam\_pinlock: A PIN based password system for Linux using PAM](https://github.com/nikolainyegaard/pam_pinlock)**
>
> A PIN based password system for Linux using PAM

**This is what i’m putting in the terminal:**  
``sudo rpm-ostree install gcc make pam-devel libargon2-devel git``

**This is what I get back:**

```auto

Checking out tree e23de6a... done
error: Failed to load /ostree/deploy/default/deploy/e23de6aae620df1572177727fa2faa84e98d3304163e9a0ba1166309613a4124.1/etc/yum.repos.d/errornointernet-mergerfs-fedora-39.repo: Key file contains line "<!doctype html>" which is not a key-value pair, group, or comment

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**Author:** ![inffy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/universal-blue.discourse.group/inffy/32/7996_2.png) [@inffy](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/inffy)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 6:08am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/new-to-linux-fairly-tech-savvy-issues-with-rpm-ostree/12601/2 "2026-10-25T06:08:29Z")

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Not sure what else you have done but that rpm-ostree error looks like you have some totally broken repo file in your system.

That is propably your issue with the rpm-ostree but not sure how you have ended with that repo or repo file:

`/etc/yum.repos.d/errornointernet-mergerfs-fedora-39.repo`

For some reason you have that repo which looks like to be meant for Fedora 39 which might also cause issues if the repo is not actually maintained.