Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 19899
gnorpm-auth
Last modified: 2005-10-31 17:00:50 EST
When I try to install any programs on RH 7.0 using grorpm I get the following message: gnorpm - auth (process 1243) has crashed due to fatal error (segmentation fault) I have tried to install various updates from the Red Hat Network, Star Office and Real Player for Lynix and all give a similar message. The number after the process seems to vary... History: I originally Installed RH Linux 6.1 on a machine and then purchased the RH 7.0 before installing any programs under 6.1. I got a modem and soundcard to work under 7.0 now, but have not been able to install any programs other than what came on the CDs from Red Hat. When I get this message I am directed to a GNOME Web site. I found a similar issue reported there with RH Linux 7.0 with no resolution to it. I am new to Linux and would appreciate any pointers in other ways to install packages or how to work around this one. From what I can gather using the RPM packages is the best way to install new programs if I could get it to work.... My machine is a 90 MHz Pentium with 64 Megs of RAM and a 2.5 Gig HDD. I completely removed Windows from the Hard Drive before installing Linux. Thanks!
I think this is a duplicata of Bug 19301. I have the same problem. You can work around this by using rpm to install packages. Just type (in a gnome terminal, xterm or whatever) rpm -ivh /path/to/package-you-want-to-install.rpm If you are upgrading a package, use -Uvh instead of -ivh.
Throw away the Red Hat rpm and get the gnorpm build from ftp://ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/alan/Gnorpm That one works
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 19301 ***
Thanks for the help. Both the command line prompt from xterm and the newer version of Gnorpm from Linux.org worked.