Question about Blastwave.org

Reisswolf · 08-08-2007, 05:26 PM

Hi,

I have followed all the steps to install pkg-get, and the installation went without a problem.

Then I decided I would get gnupg as well. I made sure that wget and gzip were in root's path (/usr/sfw/bin and /usr/bin respectively), and then I ran:

# pkg-get install gnupg

But I get the following error:

Quote:

Analysing special files...

Processing package instance <CSWcommon> from </var/pkg-get/downloads/common-1.4.5-SunOS5.8-i386-CSW.pkg.gz.tmp>

common - common files and dirs for CSW packages(i386) 1.4.5
http://www.blastwave.org/ packaged for CSW by Philip Brown
## Executing checkinstall script.
unable to find user <install> or <noaccess>.
pkgadd: ERROR: checkinstall script did not complete successfully

Installation of <CSWcommon> failed.
No changes were made to the system.
ERROR: could not add CSWcommon.
ERROR: install of CSWcommon failed
ERROR: could not install required dependancies for CSWgnupg
bash-3.00#

CSWcommon does not seem to be in the Blastwave list. Can someone please help me?

Thanks in advance for your time.

jlliagre · 08-08-2007, 05:59 PM

Looks like you have deleted the noaccess Unix account, which is set by default in /etc/passwd on Solaris.

You need to restore (recreate) it, or create an install account to go further.

Reisswolf · 08-08-2007, 09:45 PM

Thanks again for your response, jlliagre.

You were indeed correct, and I have now managed to overcome that problem. I have successfully installed gnupg.

But now I have another question. I cannot seem to fully understand the instruction:

http://www.blastwave.org/mirrors.php#key

Quote:

gpg verification is optional. However, if you have gpg installed [via "pkg-get install gnupg"], pkg-get will attempt to verify the catalog. If you wish to have the catalog file (with its list of checksums for each package) verified by gpg, then you should save this page and add the public key to your root "keyring". Eg:

wget http://www.blastwave.org/mirrors
gpg --import mirrors

If you have gpg installed, but do NOT wish gpg verification to take place, you must set "use_gpg=false" in /opt/csw/etc/pkg-get.conf

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (SunOS)
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=RSdH
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Can you please tell me what he means by "...then you should save this page and add the public key to your root 'keyring'"? I have performed the "wget" and "gpg --import" steps given after that excerpt, but how do I add the public key to the root keyring? I have been reading the FAQ at GnuPG.org, but I cannot seem to find any straightforward answer.

What is the purpose of the big hash number in the quoted part?

Once again, thanks for all the help you have been providing.

jlliagre · 08-09-2007, 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reisswolf

Can you please tell me what he means by "...then you should save this page and add the public key to your root 'keyring'"? I have performed the "wget" and "gpg --import" steps given after that excerpt, but how do I add the public key to the root keyring?

you should save this page = "wget http..."
add the public key to your root keyring = "gpg --import mirror" (as root)

Quote:

What is the purpose of the big hash number in the quoted part?

It is blastwave's public key.