Re: how do I make yum work?

From: Paul Howarth (paul_at_city-fan.org)
Date: 05/31/05

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    Michael Hennebry wrote:
    > After yet another fresh install of FC3, I
    > tried to update with yum:
    > [hennebry@24-117-46-53 ~]$ su -
    > Password:
    > [root@24-117-46-53 ~]# yum update
    >
    > You have enabled checking of packages via GPG keys. This is a good thing.
    > 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.
    > [root@24-117-46-53 ~]# rpm --import public.gpg.key
    > error: public.gpg.key: import read failed.
    > [root@24-117-46-53 ~]#
    >
    > Now what?
    > If the answer is RTFM, WITFM?
    > Googling yum FAQ didn't help.

    The "public.gpg.key" is not meant to be interpreted as literal text; it
    represents the GPG key for the repository you are trying to use.

    So for the default repos in FC3, you can do:

    # rpm --import /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-*/RPM-GPG-KEY

    As for the FM, try this one:

    http://www.fedorafaq.org/#gpgsig

    Paul. 

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