Re: HELP - trying to use YUM with Fedora3
From: Kam Leo (kam.leo_at_gmail.com)
Date: 04/30/05
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Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2005 04:15:37 -0800 To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
On 4/29/05, clemens@dwf.com <clemens@dwf.com> wrote:
> Im trying to use YUM with Fedora3, (I previously used apt-get), and I must be
> doing
> something stupid, but I cant see it.
>
> in /home/ftp/yum/fedora3/RPMS.os I have the RPMS from the 4 binary CDs
> Press <RETURN> to continue...
> in /home/ftp/yum/fedora3/RPMS.updates I have all the updates to date.
>
> I have run yum-arch on each of them, viz
>
> yum-arch /home/ftp/yum/fedora3/RPMS.os
> yum-arch /home/ftp/yum/fedora3/RPMS.updates
>
> my /etc/yum.conf file reads
>
> [root@orion etc]# more /etc/yum.conf
> [main]
> cachedir=/var/cache/yum
> # debuglevel=2
> debuglevel=10
> logfile=/var/log/yum.log
> pkgpolicy=newest
> # distroverpkg=redhat-release
> tolerant=1
> exactarch=1
> retries=20
> obsoletes=1
> # gpgcheck=1
> gpgcheck=0
>
> # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
> # in /etc/yum.repos.d
>
> [base]
> name=Fedora3 Core base
> baseurl=ftp://orion/yum/fedora3/RPMS.os
> gpgcheck=0
>
> [updates]
> name=Fedora3 Core updates
> baseurl=ftp://orion/yum/fedora3/RPMS.updates
> gpgcheck=0
>
> ---
>
> When I TRY to run 'yum update' to bring this initial install up
> to date, I get the message:
>
> [root@orion ~]# yum update
> Repository base already added, not adding again
> Yum Version: 2.1.11
> COMMAND: yum update
> Installroot: /
>
> You have enabled checking of packages via GPG keys. This is a good thing.
> Press <RETURN> to continue...
> However, you do not have any GPG public keys installed. You need to download
> the keys for packages you wish to install and install them.
> You can do that by running the command:
> rpm --import public.gpg.key
> For more information contact your distribution or package provider.
>
> ---
>
> Now I have several problems:
> (1) why is it saying 'You have enabled checking of packages via GPG keys'
> when I turned that off in [main] and in each section???
>
> (2) The command 'rpm --import public.gpg.key' does NOT work, I get:
>
> root@orion ~]# rpm --import public.gpg.key
> error: public.gpg.key: import read failed.
>
> (3) What is this message
> 'Repository base already added, not adding again'
>
> ---
>
> any and all help appreciated,- If I cant get this thing to work, or at
> least get some sensable error messages out of it, Im going to have to
> go back to apt-get (sigh).
>
> Reg.Clemens
> reg@dwf.com
>
Yum also uses files in /etc/yum.repos.d/ to define repos. Check all
the repos.d files to see which ones are defined. You need at least to
install the gpg keys for Fedora.
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