cannot install public key
Wolfgang
wolfgang at rpi.net.au
Wed Sep 8 14:43:12 UTC 2004
On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 23:48, Andre Kirchner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> when I try to run up2date, it returns a message saying
> that I should install the public-key with the commands
>
> rpm --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY
> rpm --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
>
> But when I execute them, the following error messages
> are shown
>
> [root at Deutschland root]# rpm --import
> /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora
> error: cannot get exclusive lock on
> /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 -
> Operation not permitted (1)
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
> error: /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora: import
> failed.
> [root at Deutschland root]# rpm --import
> /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY
> error: cannot get exclusive lock on
> /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 -
> Operation not permitted (1)
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
> error: /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY: import failed.
>
> How do I fix it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andre
Make sure that nothing else is running RPM. Like Up2date maybe open.
Close them all down, then run the rpm --import again.
Wolf
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