Description of problem: I downloaded pine-4.33-15.i386.rpm from RH 8.0 and tried to install using the command rpm -i pine-4.33-15.i386.rpm This resulted in the following error message V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID nnnnnnnn Next I tried the override command rpm -ivh --nosignature pine-4.33-15.i386.rpm I checked the results with the command rpm -ql pine-4.33-15.i386.rpm This resulted in the error message error: package pine-4.33-15.i386.rpm is not installed But parts of it were installed. Next I tried rpm -e pine-4.33-15.i386.rpm This resulted in the error message error: package pine-4.33-15.i386.rpm is not installed The bug is that I can't determine what is installed and cannot un-install pine-4.33-15.i386.rpm because rpm does not recognize installed software. Related bug may be that rpm incorrectly does not recognize a valid V3 DSA signature from a file downloaded from Red Hat web site. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Red Hat Linux 8.0 How reproducible: 100% reproducible Steps to Reproduce: 1. rpm -i pine-4.33-15.i386.rpm (to show V3 DSA signature: NOKEY) 2. rpm -ivh --nosignature pine-4.33-15.i386.rpm (to induce hidden installation) 3. ls (to view components that were installed incorrectly) 4. rpm -ql pine-4.33-15.i386.rpm (to view the erronious message: error: package pine-4.33-15.i386.rpm is not installed) 5. rpm -e pine-4.33-15.i386.rpm (to view the un-install failure) Actual results: I could not install, query, and un-install a file downloaded from the Red Hat Web Site. Expected results: I expected to be able to install, query, and un-install a file downloaded from the Red Hat Web Site. Additional info: Other packages have been successfully installed, queried, and un-installed using the rpm command. I have seen reference to this problem in news groups and that is where I learned the rpm option of --nosignature. These references can be found with a Google search for "V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID nnnnnnnn" I did not write down the actual ID nnnnnnnn number and know of no way to recover it with the rpm messages described above in existence.
You're using a package fi8le name where you want to use a package name. Try rpm -ql pine instead. The NOKEY is a warning, not an error. The right thing to do is to import the appropriate key, probably rpm --import /usr/share/doc/rpm*/RPM-GPG-KEY