newbie question installation of packages for RPM

[neon_bikini]

I'm working distro 7.3 and have to add some sources to get rpm to
working order.
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This is a router and I'm moving it to a new box. Before I installed
just LILO. Now with GNU package I have a conflict.
from #rpm -Uvh gpg-*
= error: file /usr/bin/gpg from install of gpg-1.0.6-198 conflicts
with file from package gnupg-1.0.6-5
I get an error: file /usr/bin/gpgv from install of gpg-1.0.6-198
conflicts with file from package gnupg-1.0.6-5
I get an error: file /usr/bin/rndegd from install of gpg-1.0.6-198
conflicts with file from package gnupg-1.0.6-5
....etc

My Newbie question is:
1. What steps do I need to resolving a conflict with this package?
2. Is there another easier way to get rpm to work with gnupg package
that will resolve the missing key error?
nb

[mjt]

neon_bikini wrote:

> I'm working distro 7.3 and have to add some sources to get rpm to
> working order.

.... 7.3 of "what"? are you getting the RPMs from the
vendor or from the originating author?
..
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[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

neon_bikini wrote:

> I'm working distro 7.3 and have to add some sources to get rpm to
> working order.
> Similar to this poster:
> [url]http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=52babb41.0205111430.36edca76%40posting.g oogle.com&rnum=5&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Drpm%2Bgpg%2Bmd5%2Bnot%2Bok%2Bgroup:co mp.os.linux.*%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D52babb41.0205111430.36edca76%2540postin g.google.com%26rnum%3D5[/url]
>
> This is a router and I'm moving it to a new box. Before I installed
> just LILO. Now with GNU package I have a conflict.
> from #rpm -Uvh gpg-*
> = error: file /usr/bin/gpg from install of gpg-1.0.6-198 conflicts
> with file from package gnupg-1.0.6-5
> I get an error: file /usr/bin/gpgv from install of gpg-1.0.6-198
> conflicts with file from package gnupg-1.0.6-5
> I get an error: file /usr/bin/rndegd from install of gpg-1.0.6-198
> conflicts with file from package gnupg-1.0.6-5
> ....etc

I assume that you mean "RedHat 7.3". Mandrake alsu uses RPM's and has
similar distribution names. gpg is not a RedHat 7.3 package, but the
RedHaat gnupg for 7.3 is. So the gpg package conflicts with it: no big
surprise.

Where did you *get* the gpg package? Since the gnupg program *includes*
the gpg binary, maybe that's a hint that you don't need the gpg package?

> My Newbie question is:
> 1. What steps do I need to resolving a conflict with this package?
> 2. Is there another easier way to get rpm to work with gnupg package
> that will resolve the missing key error?

You need to add the RPM keys to your keyring. For 7.3, the command is
"gpg --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY" on a system with the up2date
packages installed, or you can use the keys from the CD's or FTP site.

[neon_bikini]

> I assume that you mean "RedHat 7.3".
yes. from install cds of redhat 7.3

> Mandrake alsu uses RPM's and has
> similar distribution names. gpg is not a RedHat 7.3 package, but the
> RedHaat gnupg for 7.3 is. So the gpg package conflicts with it: no big
> surprise.
>
> Where did you *get* the gpg package? Since the gnupg program *includes*
> the gpg binary, maybe that's a hint that you don't need the gpg package?

The gpg package was a dependancy for rpm. rpm was not installing programs correctly.

> You need to add the RPM keys to your keyring. For 7.3, the command is
> "gpg --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY" on a system with the up2date
> packages installed, or you can use the keys from the CD's or FTP site.

Is this your reply to my question number two?

> > 2. Is there another easier way to get rpm to work with gnupg package
> > that will resolve the missing key error?