Does Openshift allow yum on scalable applications

Question

When I attempt to install a package on my openshift using yum, I get the following error

    error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
    CRITICAL:yum.main:

    Error: rpmdb open failed

when I try to run rpm, I get the following:

    bash: /bin/rpm: Permission denied

Am I correct to assume that the installation of packages is disallowed?

Answer 1

That is correct, user accounts do not have the ability to install packages using the yum utility.