Smart Installer

Import the Guru key into your rpm key database with the following command (as root):
rpm --import http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/guru-rpm.asc

Import the Guru key into your rpm key database with the following command (as root):
rpm --import http://linux01.gwdg.de/~pbleser/guru-rpm.asc
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That did it....

Thanks!!!

You know all, the official documentation is found here; http://labix.org/smart/howto and http://labix.org/smart/config-options

I tried to update Firefox to 1.5.0.7 using SMART earlier, I currently have 1.5.0.4. I refreshed the channels, selected the firefox updates (for i586), and they downloaded fine, but when going to install the downloads, I got this error:

gpg failed to import keyid 1b1ac7a971423d59, please make sure that gpg is installed, that the keyserver subkeys.pgp.net is working and that the package /var/lib/smart/packages/MozillaFirefox-1.5.0.7-0.1.i586.rpm has a valid signature.

How can I get around this? As far as I can tell, gpg is installed, and I can ping the keyserver. I assume the download is OK, it downloaded from ftp.suse.org. I seem to remember getting a similar error before, when trying to update xinelib (trying to get Amarok gapless working, but that's another topic).

Cheers,
pilgrim22

I fixed my own problem, after searching around for a little bit. Here's what I did (all commands run from root shell):

1) temporarily disabled smart's signature checking

smart config --set rpm-check-signatures=false

2) downloaded/installed key files

smart install rpmkey*

3) re-enabled signature checking

smart config --set rpm-check-signatures=true

re-start SMART, refresh cache, and Bob's Your Uncle!

Hope this will help anyone else who experiences this same problem.

Cheers,
p22

I fixed my own problem, after searching around for a little bit. Here's what I did (all commands run from root shell):

1) temporarily disabled smart's signature checking

smart config --set rpm-check-signatures=false

2) downloaded/installed key files

smart install rpmkey*

3) re-enabled signature checking

smart config --set rpm-check-signatures=true

re-start SMART, refresh cache, and Bob's Your Uncle!

Hope this will help anyone else who experiences this same problem.

Cheers,
p22
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First, that's unsafe. Second, it's a very poor attempt at a work around. Third, it won't solve the problem.

Note the error message here.

gpg failed to import keyid 1b1ac7a971423d59, please make sure that gpg is installed, that the keyserver subkeys.pgp.net is working and that the package[/b]

Notice what it says.

please make sure that gpg is installed, that the keyserver subkeys.pgp.net is working[/b]

Please don't ignore error messages. Deal with the error. So what it's telling you, is either gpg isn't installed, or the domain subkeys.pgp.net is bad or down.

To check if gpg is installed (which it probably is), simply run

rpm -qa gpg

Now comes the fun part. Please check here for details http://wiki.suselinuxsupport.de/wikk...ka=smartconfig Notice under Network, it has an option called keyserver. To see which keyserver you have (which is in the error message) simply run

smart config --show keyserver

Now, under the table of Network options, it says For a list of keyserver see here∞, so click the link to get a list of keyservers. Keep in mind, that some keyservers block certain ports, so you made need to do this a few times.

Once you have selected your keyserver simply run

smart config --set keyserver=url-of-keyserver-you-chose

Now you can run

smart update

and

smart upgrade

If your keyserver doesn't work, simply rerun

smart config --set keyserver=url-of-new-keyserver-you-chose

until you find one that does work.

I use wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net
Here is what you do.

so anyone who wants to know if stumbling on this thread, gtk is the environment for smart-gui and can be installed through yast and your cds or dvd. the wiki at labix.org states all the dependencies needed by smart except for this, though that was a while back when I installed smart, perhaps it does now. once gtk is installed, as well as the others, smart should have no problem installing. the wiki even mentions that using smart through command line isn't the optimal option.

the wiki even mentions that using smart through command line isn't the optimal option.
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It does? I don't remember writing that. I wrote the wiki. If you could point it out, I can clarify or fix it.

I've been having an odd problem recently with smart. When trying to run smart update it's been failing like so:

linux:/var/lib/smart/channels # smart upgrade Loading cache...
Updating cache...************** ######################################## [100%]

Computing transaction...

Upgrading packages (23):
**ImageMagick************** ethereal******************libtunepimp-mp4
**ImageMagick-Magick++******k3b********************** liferea
**MPlayer****************** kbarcode******************mono-core
**amarok********************kino**********************mono-data
**amarok-helix-backend******libffmpeg0****************mono-data-sqlite
**amarok-xine************** libmp4v2******************mono-web
**avahi******************** libtunepimp************** x264
**csound********************libtunepimp-mad

Installing packages (2):
**amarok-helix** twolame

64.6MB of package files are needed. 1.6MB will be freed.

Confirm changes? (Y/n): y

Committing transaction...
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID f9558872
Trying to import the key bfb4e362f9558872 from pgp.mit.edu...
gpg: requesting key F9558872 from hkp server pgp.mit.edu
gpg: key F9558872: "Marcus Huewe (RPM signing key) <marcus@links2linux.de>" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:**************unchanged: 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
**File "/usr/bin/smart", line 194, in ?
****main(sys.argv[1:])
**File "/usr/bin/smart", line 167, in main
****exitcode = iface.run(opts.command, opts.argv)
**File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/interface.py", line 53, in run
****result = _command.main(self._ctrl, opts)
**File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/commands/upgrade.py", line 182, in main
****ctrl.commitTransaction(trans, confirm=confirm)
**File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 464, in commitTransaction
****return self.commitChangeSet(trans.getChangeSet(), caching, confirm)
**File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 518, in commitChangeSet
****pmclass().commit(pmcs, pkgpaths)
**File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/backends/rpm/pm.py", line 202, in commit
****if iface.askYesNo(popen_out, False):
**File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/interfaces/text/interface.py", line 65, in askYesNo
****res = raw_input(mask % question).strip().lower()
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 429: ordinal not in range(128)

I turned off the key check with smart config --set rpm-check-signatures=false and it updated without a problem, so something with the key check is failing. I'm not sure what yet (maybe a corrupt key on the pgp server at MIT?). Anyone else ran into this?

FYI, I'm using the Guru smart packages and I've deleted everything from /var/lib/smart/channels/* as well as done a smart clean as well.

I've been having an odd problem recently with smart. When trying to run smart update it's been failing like so:

linux:/var/lib/smart/channels # smart upgrade Loading cache...
Updating cache...************** ######################################## [100%]

Computing transaction...

Upgrading packages (23):
**ImageMagick************** ethereal******************libtunepimp-mp4
**ImageMagick-Magick++******k3b********************** liferea
**MPlayer****************** kbarcode******************mono-core
**amarok********************kino**********************mono-data
**amarok-helix-backend******libffmpeg0****************mono-data-sqlite
**amarok-xine************** libmp4v2******************mono-web
**avahi******************** libtunepimp************** x264
**csound********************libtunepimp-mad

Installing packages (2):
**amarok-helix** twolame

64.6MB of package files are needed. 1.6MB will be freed.

Confirm changes? (Y/n): y

Committing transaction...
warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID f9558872
Trying to import the key bfb4e362f9558872 from pgp.mit.edu...
gpg: requesting key F9558872 from hkp server pgp.mit.edu
gpg: key F9558872: "Marcus Huewe (RPM signing key) <marcus@links2linux.de>" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:**************unchanged: 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
**File "/usr/bin/smart", line 194, in ?
****main(sys.argv[1:])
**File "/usr/bin/smart", line 167, in main
****exitcode = iface.run(opts.command, opts.argv)
**File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/interface.py", line 53, in run
****result = _command.main(self._ctrl, opts)
**File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/commands/upgrade.py", line 182, in main
****ctrl.commitTransaction(trans, confirm=confirm)
**File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 464, in commitTransaction
****return self.commitChangeSet(trans.getChangeSet(), caching, confirm)
**File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/control.py", line 518, in commitChangeSet
****pmclass().commit(pmcs, pkgpaths)
**File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/backends/rpm/pm.py", line 202, in commit
****if iface.askYesNo(popen_out, False):
**File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/smart/interfaces/text/interface.py", line 65, in askYesNo
****res = raw_input(mask % question).strip().lower()
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 429: ordinal not in range(128)

I turned off the key check with smart config --set rpm-check-signatures=false and it updated without a problem, so something with the key check is failing. I'm not sure what yet (maybe a corrupt key on the pgp server at MIT?). Anyone else ran into this?

FYI, I'm using the Guru smart packages and I've deleted everything from /var/lib/smart/channels/* as well as done a smart clean as well.
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Yep. The error tells the story.

warning: rpmts_HdrFromFdno: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID f9558872
Trying to import the key bfb4e362f9558872 from pgp.mit.edu...

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What's going on here, is that your keyserver is set for pgp.mit.edu, which sucks. Please see the write up I did on smart config, in which I have pointed out several times.