On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 11:18, John Noll wrote: 
> I tried installing apt following the instructions on the uug website and 
> got this. (see below)  What does "V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 
> e42d547b" mean  and what should I do?

Nothing.  It just means apt cannot verify the authenticity of the
packages.

Your problem is that you need to be root to run apt.  Either use 'su -'
or log in as root.

Michael


> [john@localhost apt]$ rpm -i apt-0.5.4cnc9-fr1.i386.rpm
> warning: apt-0.5.4cnc9-fr1.i386.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 
> e42d547b
> error: cannot get exclusive lock on /var/lib/rpm/Packages
> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Operation not permitted (1)
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
> [john@localhost apt]$
> 
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