On Friday 10 March 2006 18:56, Paul Howarth wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 18:22 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > >>On Friday 10 March 2006 17:28, Craig White wrote: > >>>On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 17:23 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > >>>>On Friday 10 March 2006 17:11, Craig White wrote: > >>>>>---- > >>>>>easy answer...rpmforge is for all purposes of Fedora Core 4, dag > >>>>> > >>>>>install this package > >>>>>http://rpmforge.net/user/packages/rpmforge-release/ > >>>>> > >>>>>rpm -ivh http://rpmforge.net/user/packages/rpmforge-release/ > >>>>>should do it > >>>> > >>>>Grabbed it, but slightly confused. The site says that it contains the > >>>>gpg-keys, but yum says I need the keys to install it. I'm still > >>>> looking for the keys - I'm sure they must be there, but they are > >>>> certainly not obvious. > >>>> > >>>>Anne > >>>> > >>>>>then yum update - should be interesting > >>>>> > >>>>>yum search lshw > >>>>> > >>>>>with the right repositories, you shouldn't have to go searching around > >>>>>the number of places rpms can be found. > >>> > >>>---- > >>># locate GPG-KEY-rpmforge > >>>/usr/share/doc/rpmforge-release-0.2/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-matthias > >>>/usr/share/doc/rpmforge-release-0.2/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag > >>>/usr/share/doc/rpmforge-release-0.2/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dries > >>>/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-matthias > >>>/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dag > >>>/etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmforge-dries > >>> > >>>rpm --import /usr/share/doc/rpmforge-release-0.2/RPM-GPG-KEY* > >> > >>Circular argument, Craig, and that's what's confusing me. I presume you > >> got them from the package, but - > >> > >>Installing: > >> rpmforge-release i386 > >>0.2-2.2.fc4.rf > >> /home/anne/Downloads/rpmforge-release-0.2-2.2.fc4.rf.i386.rpm 14 k > >> > >>Transaction Summary > >>========================================================================= > >>==== Install 1 Package(s) > >>Update 0 Package(s) > >>Remove 0 Package(s) > >>Total download size: 14 k > >>Is this ok [y/N]: y > >>Downloading Packages: > >>warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID > >> 1aa78495 > >> > >>Public key for rpmforge-release-0.2-2.2.fc4.rf.i386.rpm is not installed > >> > >>so I don't have those keys because it didn't install. Do I have to > >> install with something like '--nokeys' ? > > > > ---- > > hmmm...I don't recall ever having this issue but yeah, it would seem > > that is an issue...is there a --nokeys option to rpm? I don't think so. > > I think there is a --nosignature option though > > Anne's trying to use yum to install the keys needed for yum, which as > she says is a bit of a circular problem. > > It can be fixed by using rpm directly to install the rpmforge-release > package. > > $ sudo rpm -Uvh > /home/anne/Downloads/rpmforge-release-0.2-2.2.fc4.rf.i386.rpm > > Paul. [root@david Downloads]# rpm Uvh rpmforge-release-0.2-2.2.fc4.rf.i386.rpm RPM version 4.4.1 Copyright (C) 1998-2002 - Red Hat, Inc. This program may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU GPL Usage: rpm [-aKfgpWHqV] [-aKfgpWHqVcdils] [-aKfgpWHqVcdilsaKfgpWHqV] [-aKfgpWHqV........etc...... Aarrgghh! I've tried several variations on this - this time I had changed directly to the directory, to keep it simple - but I'm having no success. I'm sure it's something stupid that I've overlooked, but what? Anne
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