Guest mcrofutt Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 HI, I'm a new Mandriva 2006.0 user. Been using Kanotix ,but wanted to give a look at something different. I've updated everything that I possibly can using EasyLinux<dot>com's info. I'm down to 2 updates that I think are security related, so I guess it's pretty important, these are kde core files. I'll paste cli output below for your perusal, and perhaps someone could please help me sort it? Thanks in advance from NE Texas,USA. mcrofutt The following packages have bad signatures: /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdelibs-common-3.4.2-31.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm: Missing signature (Unable to read rpm file) Do you want to continue installation ? (y/N) y installing OpenOffice.org-libs-1.1.5-2.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm rhythmbox-0.8.8-6plf.i586.rpm hplip-hpijs-0.9.5-1.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm libkdecore4-3.4.2-31.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm libmpeg4ip0-1.3-1.1.20060plf.i586.rpm OpenOffice.org-1.1.5-2.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm dia-0.94-6.2.20060mdk.i586.rpm kdelibs-common-3.4.2-31.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm from /var/cache/urpmi/rpms error: unable to install package /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdelibs-common-3.4.2-31.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/kdelibs-common-3.4.2-31.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm: headerRead failed: hdr blob(577404): BAD, read returned 62328 Installation failed: kdelibs-common = 30000000:3.4.2-31.3.20060mdk is needed by libkdecore4-3.4.2-31.3.20060mdk.i586 libkdecore4 = 30000000:3.4.2-31mdk is needed by kdelibs-common-3.4.2-31mdk.i586 libkdecore4 = 30000000:3.4.2-31mdk is needed by (installed) kdelibs-common-3.4.2-31mdk.i586 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aioshin Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 (edited) try to update your urpmi database... as root #urpmi.update -a -v that will update all repositories... there might be some changes on the repos.. that is why you've got that errors, then after it finish..do the #urpmi --clean it will clean the cached rpms... then repeat what you were trying to do.. Edited May 3, 2006 by aioshin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 No these are badly signed packages. Every package has a digital signature to verify that it has come from the right place. Mandriva has a lot of issues with these signatures. The only solution I know of is to turn off this signature checking by adding the --no-verify-rpm option to urpmi (pls check the urpmi man page before using it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aioshin Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 (edited) but is it safe to used those options.?. unless if you really trust the source of those package, but if those are updates, the sigs should be checked... Edited May 4, 2006 by aioshin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 I've not seen the signature errors for ages, and I've done a few clean installs recently too and not seen them. I might be tempted to try another mirror if you keep getting signature problems with the mirror you have selected now. Ages ago, quite a lot of packages had the signature problem, but I think they got around to fixing it, just maybe some mirrors are out of sync or something :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murda Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 No these are badly signed packages. Every package has a digital signature to verify that it has come from the right place. Mandriva has a lot of issues with these signatures. The only solution I know of is to turn off this signature checking by adding the --no-verify-rpm option to urpmi (pls check the urpmi man page before using it). I've never had to do that. IIRC urpmi will ask you what to do (install or not to install) if there's a signature/checksum problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 LOADS of rpm's in "contrib" and "plf" have bad signatures, gentlemen. If you are precarious, then they aren't installable, else ignoring the error messages and going on should likely work. Actually this was ONE of the many reasons I've completely abandoned Mandriva. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 I've not seen the signature errors for ages, and I've done a few clean installs recently too and not seen them. I might be tempted to try another mirror if you keep getting signature problems with the mirror you have selected now. Ages ago, quite a lot of packages had the signature problem, but I think they got around to fixing it, just maybe some mirrors are out of sync or something :unsure: You should read the club forums. With 2006 this is a permanent problem. I myself met with it while I used Mandriva. And urpmi didn't install those packages unless I told it to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 5, 2006 Report Share Posted May 5, 2006 As I said, I'm not experiencing it, so I don't know how permanent it can be. Everything I've installed worked, and before I had issues, but now I don't. I must be lucky then :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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