Installation of `rpm` fails with message "xdg-mime: No writable system mimetype directory found".
Issue
- Installing a package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode release 6.4 (Santiago).
- While installing the package, it shows up the following error message.
# rpm -ihv SapphireOFX-7.030-1.x86_64.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:SapphireOFX ########################################### [100%]
Installing Sapphire Plug-ins 7.03...
xdg-mime: No writable system mimetype directory found.
Sapphire v 7.03: Installation script complete.
Done.
- The software doesn't work.
- Is there a difference between the Desktop version of RHEL and the ComputeNode?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode 6.4
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