On Mon, 2013-05-20 at 16:15 -0500, John R. Dennison wrote:
On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 10:59:35PM +0200, Louis Lagendijk wrote:
The problem the OP has comes from the fact that the rpm is not signed, so it must be installed with the --nogpgcheck option to yum. Without the option IIRC yum complains about the missing signature and does not install the package.
You could have let it go at the first line: The problem is indeed that the rpms are not signed. --nogpgcheck is not a viable option on a server you care about unless you are 1000000% sure (ie. audited everything yourself and/or built the rpm yourself) that things are germane.
Indeed, installing an RPM from an unknown source, even if it is signed (with a key from the same source) is taking a big risk. I assumed that the OP understood that.....