Problems updating to 4-5.2

Installation
1

Versions

Please provide the used software versions.

FLUKA: 4-2.2 to 4-5.2
Flair: 3.4-5.4
Operating system: Fedore43
Compiler: GNU Fortran (GCC) 15.3.1

Description

i’ve tried to update like in the past, renaming the existing /usr/local/fluka directory and using rpm -ivh but I obtained error messages:

rpm -ivh fluka-4-5.2.x86-Linux-gfor9.x86_64.rpm
Verifica in corso… ################################# [100%]
Preparazione in corso… ################################# [100%]
il pacchetto fluka-4-5.2.x86_64 non supera la verifica: nessun digest
il file /usr/local/fluka/AUTHORS dell’installazione di fluka-4-5.2.x86_64 entra in conflitto con il file del pacchetto fluka-4-2.2.x86_64
il file /usr/local/fluka/REFERENCES dell’installazione di fluka-4-5.2.x86_64 entra in conflitto con il file del pacchetto fluka-4-2.2.x86_64
il file /usr/local/fluka/RELEASE-NOTES dell’installazione di fluka-4-5.2.x86_64 entra in conflitto con il file del pacchetto fluka-4-2.2.x86_64
il file /usr/local/fluka/Version.tag dell’installazione di fluka-4-5.2.x86_64 entra in conflitto con il file del pacchetto fluka-4-2.2.x86_64

…ecc … ecc… all files were conflicting with the previous

I tried again using options to overwrite:

rpm -ivh fluka-4-5.2.x86-Linux-gfor9.x86_64.rpm --replacefiles --replacepkgs
Verifica in corso… ################################# [100%]
Preparazione in corso… ################################# [100%]
il pacchetto fluka-4-5.2.x86_64 non supera la verifica: nessun digest

it did not work again.

I thought something went wrong in the download of the package and downloeaded it again, but the result does not change.

Could you kindly help ?

Thanks in advance for any suggestion

Mario

Input files

Please upload all relevant files. (FLUKA input file, Flair project file, user routines, and data files)

3

now i’ve tried to remove completely the old fluka installation, using rpm -e , but when after I try to install ver. 4.5.2 I got again the message that the package does’not pass the check: no digest.

This should mean that something is wrong with the package, or it has been corrupted duirng the download.
however I downloaded it already twice.

Any suggestion ?

Mario

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Downloaded a third time and tried to install:

Verifica in corso… ################################# [100%]
Preparazione in corso… ################################# [100%]
il pacchetto fluka-4-5.2.x86_64 non supera la verifica: nessun digest

again it does’not work

6

Dear Mario,

Thanks for reporting this, we are investigating your issue.
In the meantime, could you please try to download the TGZ version at Download latest FLUKA release | The official CERN FLUKA website?
The corresponding instructions are at Installing FLUKA on GNU/Linux or macOS (.tgz packages) | The official CERN FLUKA website

Thanks in advance,
Gabrielle

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Dear Mario,

We could reproduce your issue.
If you want to install via RPM, you should add the –nodigest option:
sudo rpm -ivh --nodigest fluka-4-5.2.x86-Linux-gfor9.x86_64.rpm

For compatibility reasons, we generate our RPM packages on old machines, but the most recent operating systems (such as Fedora>=43) enforce updated security rules that are not compatible with the checksum/signature format we put. We will address this for the next release.

In the meantime, please let me know whether this trick works for you,
And thanks a lot for reporting this,
Gabrielle

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Sorry, I could not reply immediately.

I tried as you suggested adding the option --nodigest to rpm and it worked perfectly !

Thank you very much for your help

Mario