Synaptic repositories / PPA problem? (3)

[David Curtis]

On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:33:59 -0700
R K Belew <rik at cogsci.ucsd.edu> wrote:

> hi,
 
Hello,


> (this is on Intrepid/8.10 Ubuntu)

The ppa maintainer seems to not be supported Intrepid any more, I cannot
find Intrepid packages in this ppa.

> i'm trying to install the 3.1 OpenOffice, and started by going thru
> the steps suggested at
> http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-OpenOffice-org-3-1-on-Ubuntu-9-04-111105.shtml
> 
> but it didn't work and so i've been tracking thru various command
> line, apt-based steps.  i am stumped by two things:
> 
> #1 while i think i've successfull received the PPA key, gpg won't let
> me export it:
> 
> > rik at monk:~$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys
> > 247D1CFF 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
> > --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 247D1CFF gpg: requesting key
> > 247D1CFF from hkp server pgp.mit.edu gpg: key 247D1CFF: "Launchpad
> > PPA for OpenOffice.org Scribblers" 3 new signatures gpg: no
> > ultimately trusted keys found gpg: Total number processed: 1
> > gpg:         new signatures: 3 rik at monk:~$ gpg --export --armor
> > 247d1cff gpg: WARNING: nothing exported

Not sure why you are using pgp.mit.edu as the keyserver, I would have
used:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 247D1CFF
 

> still, Synaptic sees this entry in list of authentications.
> 
> #2 (but perhaps because of this?), while Synaptic lets me add the
> repository line:
> 
> > deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ppa/ubuntu intrepid
> > main
 
Again, I see no Interpid entry in this ppa.

> after refreshing it is still not added to my list of "Origin" sources.
> (while i'm telling this in the reverse order, i did  intially
> add the repository BEFORE dealing with the authentication.

The order does not matter just as long as you've done both before
updating the source database (apt-get update).
 
> Related questions:
> 
> * when i Reload Synaptic, i think i see a a "Fail" message (in the
> Show Details pane), but it flashes by too quickly to know just what
> it's about.  i've looked in Synaptic's history, and als found
> /var/logs/apt/term.log, but neither show anything.  where are these
> error messages logged?

Not sure if they are logged anywhere. A 'sudo apt-get update' in the
terminal will show you the errors. If you don't understand them, post
them here.

> * what is the difference between files listed in
> 	/etc/apt/sources.list and
> 	/etc/apt/sources.list.d/ppa.list
>      must all PPA-secure sources be in ppa.list?

IIRC there should be no difference where a ppa is added. The
file /etc/apt/sources.list and the files in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
are all parsed by apt-get.

 
> thanks for any suggestions.

Take another look at the ppa you're trying to get intrepid packages
from, I could be wrong, but I think the information you're getting is
out of date.

Dave