The problem in this case is that the RPM file is corrupted. Try downloading a fresh copy from CRAN.
To check if the package has been corrupted type: rpm -K --nosignature /mnt/cdrom/linux/8.x/R-1.6.2-1.i386.rpm It is possible to install a gpg-signed RPM package without importing the corresponding public key into the RPM database. Martyn On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 19:34, Marc Schwartz wrote: > Wenyan Zhong wrote: > > Hi there, > > > > When installing R on linux 8.0, I got the following error message: > > > > rpm -i /mnt/cdrom/linux/8.x/R-1.6.2-1.i386.rpm > > error: /mnt/cdrom/linux/8.x/R-1.6.2-1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: BAD, > > key ID 97d3544e > > error: /mnt/cdrom/linux/8.x/R-1.6.2-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed > > > > Any suggestions as what I did wrong? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Wenyan > > > I am going to presume that you mean Red Hat 8.0. > > In the readme file that Martyn has on CRAN in the same directory from > which you would have downloaded the RPM, he indicates that in order to > check the RPM signature you have to import his public key into the RPM > database. > > The readme URL on CRAN is: > > http://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/redhat/8.x/i386/ReadMe > > To quote from the file: > > gpg > --- > The RPMS are signed with GPG, and you are advised to check the signature > before installing them, for your own security. You can obtain my public > key which has ID 97D3544E from any key server on pgp.net. Ask me for > my public key fingerprint if you want to be sure. > > Note that, in Red Hat 8.0, you must import my public key into the RPM > database (as root) in order to check the GPG signature. This is a > change from previous releases of Red Hat Linux. See the man page for rpm. > > Here is one way to do it: > > gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-key 97d3544e > gpg --output plummer.gpg --armor --export 97d3544e > su > rpm --import plummer.gpg > > > > Copy and paste each one of the above four commands into a console window > and that should resolve the problem. > > Hope that helps. > > Regards, > > Marc Schwartz > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
