struts11

[brisray]

Whilst updating using yum I'm still getting the following error...

Error: Missing Dependency: struts11 = 1.1-1jpp_2fc is needed by package struts11-webapps-tomcat5

I'm attempting to stop this from happening by finding the file struts11-1.1-1jpp_2fc.noarch.rpm, downloading it to a folder named downloads, then forcing an installation using rpm -i --nodeps --force /downloads/struts11-1.1-1jpp_2fc.noarch.rpm

However, when I try that I'm getting the following error...

warning: /downloads/struts11-1.1-1jpp_2fc.noarch.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 30c9ecf8

I take it I'm messing up somewhere. So, I'm using i386, what file do I really need, where do I get it from, what changes do I need to make to the rpm command line to force an install?

Ray

[wtogami]

Never use --nodeps, it will screw your system every time.
rawhide sometimes changes in ways that are not automatically fixable. Rawhide and test releases are not meant for end users. Most likely this is one of those cases where you need to remove stuff in order to upgrade. You probably don't need it anyway.

[tejas]

Um, you just need to import the GPG signature

This really doesn't affect anything it just helps rpm ensure that your package is original, and doesn't give out this error, even though it let your package install, through the error.

# rpm --import /usr/share/rhn/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora

should fix it. And don't EVER use no deps, except in EXTREME cases.

Edit: The above command will stop the warning for rpms fedora gives you. You will need a different GPG for each site you download from. Or you can be like the rest of us, and just ignore that warning

Edit #2: I'm talking about your 2nd 'error', not the first.

[brisray]

Thanks for the advice. Ignoring it is exactly what I have been doing by using the --exclude switch in yum. I've managed to stop a couple of other warnings and errors by uninstalling and reinstalling some of the packages, but I just wanted to see if there was a quick fix.

Just a newbie messing around to see what I can do. If I manage to wreck the installation I know not to do it again - I learn very fast if I end up having to spend a couple of hours redoing something. A good way to learn but very time consuming.

Ray

[tejas]

um, that isn't exactly what yum exclude does. Yum --exclude stops a particular package from updating. You can get this warning to go away by importing the various GPG keys for various websites.

for example. for www.freshrpms.net [ a mirror in yum ], you download the file RPM-GPG-KEY-freshrpms, [a text file] and
rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-freshrpms

[brisray]

I should have made myself clearer, what I meant was that by excluding the packages in yum I was simply ignoring the dependency errors, not fixing them.

What I did was to follow your advice, then uninstalled both struts11* and tomcat* then reinstalled both. No errors at all now using "yum -y update" and up2date is now showing the blue tick for the first time -even though I haven't been able to get it past "checking for installed rpms" since I first installed Fedora.

Guess I don't know enough about dependencies yet to try fixing them without uninstalling everything to do with them.

Ray