[lug] apt-get, kde, and gpg

[David Trowbridge]

Well, first of all, ximian isn't going to put out KDE rpms :)
And apt-get was designed with debian packages in mind - I think you'll
find its more trouble than its worth.
KDE puts out their own packages, which you can download from
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/2.1.2/distribution/RedHat/7.1/i386/

I think getting it direct from KDE is a simpler choice than trying to use
an auto-update tool, especially one that was developed for deb packages
instead of rpm.

Hope this helps,
-David

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David Trowbridge
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On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Michael J. Hammel wrote:

> I'm trying to find some way to keep up to date with KDE.  RPMs are not
> being put out by either Red Hat or Ximian, so using their automated systems
> doesn't work (though I'm using a Red Hat 7.0 box, updated from a KRUD
> installation of 7.0).  The next step is to try apt-get that handles RPMs.
> I downloaded the Conectiva version and tried it but it complains about not
> having the right gpg key.  I know nothing about importing the proper gpg
> key.
>
> Anyone have any ideas on this?  This is the info I used to get where I'm at
> currently.  Note - I'm trying krud2date from the 06-01 KRUD CD as I type this
> so I don't know how helpful that will be yet.
>
> This is where I got apt-get for rpms:
> http://distro.conectiva.com/projetos/42/
>
> This is Conectiva's apt+rpm Howto, which is decent but not complete:
> http://bazar.conectiva.com.br/~godoy/apt-howto/
>
> This is supposed to tell me how to handle the gpg issue, but I can't
> understand it:
> http://bazar.conectiva.com.br/~godoy/apt-howto/using-gpg-signatures.html#EX-IMPORT-GPG-KEYS
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