On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 20:41 +0100, Nigel Henry wrote: > On Tuesday 07 November 2006 17:19, Gerhard Magnus wrote: > > I'm running FC5 and trying to import the GPG key for the freshrpms > > repository. But the command > > > > rpm --import http://freshrpms.net/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.txt > > > > keeps giving me this error message: > > > > error: http://freshrpms.net/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.txt: import read > > failed(-1). Segmentation fault > > > > Do I have the command wrong or is there some other problem? > > Thanks for the help! > > Hi Gerhard. I have had problems sometimes importing keys directly from the > site. Usually I just DL the key into my /home/user directory, then as root > run, rpm --import <keyname> changing keyname for the key you have DL'd. > > So in the case of FC6, I went to http://zod.freshrpms.net , then near the top > of the home page is a section "apt yum and others" . I use apt so I clicked > on that, and that takes you to a page where you can DL a package which will > add repos to, in my case /etc/apt/sources.list, and I believe it installs the > key as well. If you just want the key, and want to add the URL's for the > repo's manually, work your way down the page to the section "Configuration > files" . I clicked on "apt build page" , which takes you to a page where you > can DL the key, sources.list, and other stuff. I've just right clicked on the > key, then save link as, then put the key in my /home/user directory. Then as > I've said, su to root on the CLI, and run, rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY.freshrpms > You'll be returned to the prompt if it has installed ok, but if you want to > check, run as user, rpm -q -a --last , and the key should be at the top of > the list. You will still need to add the the URL for freshrpms to, if your > using Apt, to /etc/apt/sources.list, or if your using Yum, > to /etc/yum.repos.d. If your using Yum it might just be easier to DL the > package for FC6, which is under the heading "Downloads of Yum for Fedora > Core". I think this includes the key, but if you have already imported the > key, it should make little difference. > > I've had no problem with freshrpms for FC5 (bordeaux), and there shouldn't be > a problem with FC6 (zod). > > Nigel. > This was very helpful -- thanks!
