On Dec 11, 2007 3:04 PM, Paul Johnson <pauljohn32@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Public key for yum-3.2.8-2.fc8.noarch.rpm is not installed > > [root@k5di ~]# > > > > What this means is there must be one public key missing and the dam > > update fails. > > > > > > Karl > > > > You can find the missing keys on the Internet, but I expect they are > already in your computer. > > In a Fedora 7 system, look in your system here: > > /etc/pki/rpm-gpg > > In there you see keys supplied with the system: > > RPM-GPG-KEY RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-rawhide > RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test > RPM-GPG-KEY-beta RPM-GPG-KEY-livna > RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora RPM-GPG-KEY-rawhide > > You need to do > > rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora > > After that, the yum install will work. > > I don't have an F8 system booted up at the current time, but if the > keys are somewhere else, I'm sure you can find them with find (here's > how I found them: "find /etc -name "*RPM*KEY*". I guess they might be > under /usr/share/doc/ instead of /etc. On a Scientific Linux 5 system > I'm using now, they are under the doc directory. > > What puzzles me is that this key is missing from your rpm database. > If it is not installed, it means you have never ever done a yum > update. Which seems weird, given how old F8 is and how active you are > in this list. And, usually yum will ask you if you want to install > the key, and you say yes, and the install proceeds. > > Don't complain that pup or some other gui fails. I've stopped using > them entirely. Either download the rpms you need and use rpm commands > to install, or run yum from the command line. It is the only way that > is either sure to work or give you enough information about what's > wrong in order to fix it. > > yumex is the only gui RPM program I use anymore. Sometimes it is > convenient if you need to search for RPMs by keywords.. It is a temporary situation caused by a faulty package submission. Give it a day and it will most likely be fixed.
