yum localinstall error

[Paul Howarth]

Andrew Robinson wrote:
> I'm trying to follow the instructions in the Unofficial Fedora FAQ for 
> installing Java on my system. Everything seems to work up to the point I 
> issue the command
> 
> yum localinstall /usr/src/redhat/RPMS/x86_64/java-1.5.0-sun-*
> 
> The usual yum stuff happens until the command dies with this message:
> 
> unsigned package java-1.5.0-sun-demo-1.5.0.06-1jpp.x86_64.rpm
> 
> Is there a way to tell yum to install an unsigned package or is there a 
> way to sign these local packages?

My own java HOWTO uses "yum shell" to avoid this problem:

http://www.city-fan.org/tips/JpackageJava

Paul.