Re: how do I make yum work?

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

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    Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 13:59:37 +0100
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    Paul Howarth wrote:
    > 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

    Whoops, better make that:

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

    Paul.

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