On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 11:18, John Noll wrote: > I tried installing apt following the instructions on the uug website and > got this. (see below) What does "V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID > e42d547b" mean and what should I do?
It is possible to sign rpms with a pgp/gpg key. Signing proves that the rpm was really created by someone you trust. Increasingly, people are signing rpms, but not enough yet. Which is too bad, because otherwise you might be getting a trojan rpm. > [john@localhost apt]$ rpm -i apt-0.5.4cnc9-fr1.i386.rpm > warning: apt-0.5.4cnc9-fr1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID > e42d547b > error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1) > error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm > [john@localhost apt]$ You must be root to install/remove rpms. You can read the rpm db as a normal user, but you can't write to it. -- Stuart Jansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> #define FALSE 0 /* This is the naked Truth */ #define TRUE 1 /* and this is the Light */ -- mailto.c _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
