On 8/29/05, Stuart Sears <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>Is it possible to install packages without any public key available with yum? > >> > >>Edit the corresponding repo file in /etc/yum.repos.d and set gpgcheck=0 > >> > >>There is a wonderful Fedora Docu about yum, by the way, see > >> > >>http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/index.html > > > > > > Thanks, Peter. But I am trying to install a rpm which is on my hard > > disk and not on any repository... :-) > > > edit /etc/yum.conf > comment out the gpgcheck=1 line > (remember to put this back later) > then > yum localinstall mypackage-1.0-1.rpm > (or whatever it's called) > > you could also just try and install it without using yum first, if you > like... Thanks, Stuart. The point is that, as far as I know, only yum installs automatically the dependent rpms. So, to enjoy this feature, I have to use yum. Or is there an alternative way? Paul
