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[Frans]

On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 08:09:31 -0700, Pastor JW wrote:

> On Friday 03 April 2009 5:19:31 pm Matthew Flaschen wrote:
>> Pastor JW wrote:
>> > Why in the world does this kind of  thing keep happening?
>> >
>> > W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net hardy Release: The following
>> > signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not
>> > available: NO_PUBKEY 9423A34CCA967634
>> >
>> > Last time it took over a month to figure out how to get one of these
>> > stupid keys.  Now here is a new one making update manager fail.
>>
>> PPA is NOT supported, and they're not for people who believe thinking
>> is juvenile.  If you want everything to work smoothly with no effort on
>> your part, don't use PPA.
>>
>> If you want to get the key do:
>>
>> gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 9423A34CCA967634 &&
>> gpg --armor --export 9423A34CCA967634|sudo apt-key add -
> 
> Sorry I came off that way, it was a frustrating day and not getting any
> better soon I guess.  What I get when using that command is:
> 
> $ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 9423A34CCA967634 &&
> gpg gpg: requesting key CA967634 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
> gpg: keyserver timed out
> gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error $--armor --export
> 9423A34CCA967634|sudo apt-key add - bash: --armor: command not found
> gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found
> 
> It is the first thing I tried when it came up with the error.  I think
> PPA is enabled for Open Office, KDE4, and BibleTime.  Of those the one I
> don't really use but do play with from time to time is KDE4.  The other
> two we really can't do without and are used everyday.

Note: the command Matthew Flaschen gave you is:

"gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 9423A34CCA967634 &&
 gpg --armor --export 9423A34CCA967634|sudo apt-key add -"

all on one line (without quotes). Also the keyserver was probably down
when you tried to get the key.

Good luck!

    -Frans