Debugging NO KEY warning during “yum install vlc”


This is a problem that I encountered today while tryiing to install VLC media player on my brand new Fedora 18 installation.

Right after the dependency resolutions are complete, yum returns the following warning:-

Transaction Summary
===============================================
Install 1 Package (+45 Dependent packages)

Total size: 37 M
Installed size: 118 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
warning: /var/cache/yum/i386/18/rpmfusion-free/packages/live555-0-0.38.2012.10.18.fc18.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 982e0a7c: NOKEY
Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-18-i386

GPG key retrieval failed: [Errno 14] Could not open/read file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-18-i386

Did a bit of snooping around over the internet and found the missing rpmfusion keys at: http://rpmfusion.org/keys and derived the following solution:-

Step by step solution to the problem [root login used]:-

  • I have already compiled the key into a single .gz file, which can be downloaded from this link: http://goo.gl/bKoyb
  • Place the .gz file in the directory: /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/
  • #cd /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/
  • #tar -xvzf RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion.tar.gz
  • rm RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion.tar.gz
  • #yum install vlc
  • You should get this output after dependency resolution is complete:

    Transaction Summary
    ===============================================
    Install 1 Package (+45 Dependent packages)

    Total size: 37 M
    Installed size: 118 M
    Is this ok [y/N]: y
    Downloading Packages:
    warning: /var/cache/yum/i386/18/rpmfusion-free/packages/live555-0-0.38.2012.10.18.fc18.i686.rpm: Header V3 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 982e0a7c: NOKEY
    Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-18-i386
    Importing GPG key 0x982E0A7C:
    Userid : “RPM Fusion free repository for Fedora (18) <rpmfusion-buildsys@lists.rpmfusion.org>”
    Fingerprint: c63d a8f3 375c 7182 3e3a 2d42 3633 9914 982e 0a7c
    From : /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-18-i386
    Is this ok [y/N]:

  • Enter ‘y’ (without the quotes!)

Voila! VLC’s installed!

NOTE:It is highly recommended to do a ‘yum update’ after the installation procedure is complete, as it helps ensuring that the new rpm keys are standards-compliant!

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About Sayak Sarkar

Technology Freak, Computer Geek. M.Sc. (Computer Applications) Student at Symbiosis Institute Of Computer Studies & Research (SICSR), Pune, Maharashtra, India. Part of Software Development & Research Cell at SICSR. Originally from Kolkata, West Bengal. Open Source Contributor, Interested in Technological Localizations. Follower of all updates related to Free and Open Source Software.

Posted on January 22, 2013, in Fedora, How-to Guides, Technology and tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.

  1. Thanks a billion This works.
    I had tried everything else on the web and almost given up.

    Anthony

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