Disable the public key check for rpm installation

Question

I want to make a DVD with some useful packages (for example php-common). The only problem is that if I try to install on a computer that's not connected to internet, I can't validate the public key.

The scenario is like this:

I download the RPMs, I copy them to DVD.
I install CentOS 5.5 on my laptop (it has no internet connection).
I try install one using yum (or rpm -i, or whatever).

I get the following error: public key for "package" is not installed.

How can I bypass that?

score 99 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '11 at 18:49

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From yum -h:

--nogpgcheck          disable gpg signature checking

answered Jul 09 '11 at 18:49

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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What if the network-less system is older (i.e. CentOS 5) and its yum does *not* have a nogpgcheck option? – Urhixidur Nov 24 '15 at 21:45
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change yum.conf to switch gpgcheck to 0 – aman_novice Sep 05 '17 at 20:31

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 27 '18 at 16:14

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For legacy RPM Linux without yum use:

rpm -i --nosignature

answered Mar 27 '18 at 16:14

Stuart Cardall

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score 11 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 15 '14 at 16:52

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If you want to disable the GPG validation for the whole Repo, add the following line to the Repo definition in /etc/yum.conf:

gpgcheck=0

If you are installing local RPMs using yum, do as Ignacio says.

edited Oct 15 '14 at 16:52

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answered Jul 10 '11 at 07:00

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Disable the public key check for rpm installation

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