On May 4, 2006, at 3:59 PM, Max H. wrote: > Damian Sobieralski wrote: >> Questions: >> 1) Is dag a good repository to get me these apps that aren't part >> of the >> stock CentOS repository file? If not, which one should I use? I don't >> need bleeding edge (even two versions behind for an app would be >> fine). >> 2) What's up with the gpg failures? Should I be worried? > > To answer the first question, Dag is a wonderful Repo for locating > just about anything extra that you could find. > > The second question I would have to guess is that the key isn't > installed for the packages when you're trying to authenticate > against the signatures. > > Try to import the key and re-run yum against Dag's repo. > > rpm --import http://dag.wieers.com/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt > > Then "yum --enablerepo=dag {install,search,update,etc.} packagename actually, you don't need to do most of this; you should be using the RPMforge.net repo (it's a project run by Dag, Dries, and i believe one or two other repository admins): 1) yum install yum-plugin-protectbase 2) add "plugins=1" to /etc/yum.conf 3) add "protect=1" to the "base" and "update" stanzas in /etc/ yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo 4) download and install the appropriate rpmforge-release package (since you seem to be using CentOS4, you want the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 repo): http://rpmforge.net/user/packages/rpmforge-release/ now you have access to all of Dag's packages, plus you can install them without worrying that they'll clobber your base packages with dependencies. -steve p.s. the GPG errors are because you haven't installed Dag's GPG key. the rpmforge-release package will do this for you. --- If this were played upon a stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction. - Fabian, Twelfth Night, III,v