Re: [newbie] RPM Package Installation Issue

2004-03-12 Thread Kaj Haulrich 
On Friday 12 March 2004 09:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi,

 I recently updated all my links for the MDK 9.2 software packages
 and updates to the UK Canterbury FTP site using urpmi.

 However, when I try to install some of the packages on the list
 it gives me an error like The following packages... ... have bad
 signatures, continue to install?

 I was told this might be because I have not downloaded all the
 updates for the existing software. So I did that and I still get
 this error with most packages.

 Also - if I tell it to continue with the install the package
 still seems to work okay when its finished. So I'm not sure what
 it's getting at?

 Is there any genuine reason why it is giving this error?


 Thanks.

I guess the message is from your contrib or plf sources and not 
from the main distro. As long as the md5sum is OK (it should say 
so) you can safely ignore the message about signature. I always do 
with no problems whatsoever. There is a method to get rid of this 
message, though : something with getting a key. Others here will 
know, so if you are a fundamentalist type, please ask again.

HTH

Kaj Haulrich.
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Re: [newbie] RPM Package Installation Issue

2004-03-12 Thread Alaa The Great 
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 09:13:57 -
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi,
 
 However, when I try to install some of the packages on the list it
 gives me an error like The following packages... ... have bad
 signatures, continue to install?

 Is there any genuine reason why it is giving this error?

yes thats probably because rpm is missing the Public GPG key these
packages are signed with.

this should explain what gpg is about
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/gpg.php

so what you need is to get the relevant key and import it in the rpm key
database.

the error message contains a key id, search for this id here
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/cks/

then copy the key and paste it in a file (key.asc for instance)
then run

$ rpm --import key.asc

now the error message should stop unless the package is really damaged
or modified.

cheers,
Alaa
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