[ubuntu-uk] NO_PUBKEY !!!

[Neil Greenwood]

On 13 April 2010 10:36, Cornelius Mostert
<corneliusmostert at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 9BDB3D89CE49EC21
>
> This is not working...
>
> Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring
> --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg
> --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
> 9BDB3D89CE49EC21
> gpg: requesting key CE49EC21 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
> gpgkeys: key 9BDB3D89CE49EC21 not found on keyserver
> gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
> gpg: Total number processed: 0
>
> However we are behind a nasty firewall/proxy in this company and I know I
> have a lot of difficulty to get through with some commands that is looking
> to go through to the internet.
> Any other ideas??
> Can I not somehow get this by using a Web browser??
>

There are other options on the apt-key command, but I've never used
them. IIRC, you can import a key from an ASCII file that you've
downloaded. If you go in your browser to the launchpad page for the
PPA that you're having problems with, you can download the key from
there.

Not sure how you find out which PPA has the missing key though :-(

There might also be a way to download the key through port 80 from the
keyserver, but I've also never tried this!



Neil.