apt-get error

[Clay Weber]

On Monday, December 30, 2013 06:51:59 PM kbun at xpresso.seaslug.org wrote:
> Just a bit ago, I tried to do an apt-get update/upgrade,
> and got the following error message:
> 
> Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en_US
> Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net precise/main Translation-en
> Fetched 388 B in 3s (122 B/s)
> Reading package lists... Done
> W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release:
> The following signatures couldn't be verified because
> the public key is not available:
> NO_PUBKEY D258A9281AF466B2
> 
> I tried checking the files in /etc/apt, in order to
> comment it out and try again, but I couldn't find
> a reference to launchpad in any of them. I'm sure I'm
> missing something, but what/were is it?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Bill

For whatever reason, a ppa you added did not add the GPG public key that goes 
with it.

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys D258A9281AF466B2

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