how do I make yum work?

[Paul Howarth]

Paul Howarth wrote:
> Michael Hennebry wrote:
> 
>> After yet another fresh install of FC3, I
>> tried to update with yum:
>> [hennebry at 24-117-46-53 ~]$  su -
>> Password:
>> [root at 24-117-46-53 ~]# yum update
>>
>> You have enabled checking of packages via GPG keys. This is a good thing.
>> However, you do not have any GPG public keys installed. You need to
>> download
>> the keys for packages you wish to install and install them.
>> You can do that by running the command:
>>     rpm --import public.gpg.key
>> For more information contact your distribution or package provider.
>> [root at 24-117-46-53 ~]# rpm --import public.gpg.key
>> error: public.gpg.key: import read failed.
>> [root at 24-117-46-53 ~]#
>>
>> Now what?
>> If the answer is RTFM, WITFM?
>> Googling yum FAQ didn't help.
> 
> 
> The "public.gpg.key" is not meant to be interpreted as literal text; it 
> represents the GPG key for the repository you are trying to use.
> 
> So for the default repos in FC3, you can do:
> 
> # rpm --import /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-*/RPM-GPG-KEY

Whoops, better make that:

# rpm --import /usr/share/doc/fedora-release-*/RPM-GPG-KEY*

Paul.