What's this

[David Robert Lewis (ethnopunk)]

Pastor JW wrote:
> On Friday 22 January 2010 5:46:02 am gilles gallant wrote:
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>> W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is
>> not updated and the previous index files will be used.GPG error:
>> http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release: The following signatures couldn't
>> be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY
>> 4DA51AF64BD0ECAE
>>
>> W: Failed to fetch
>> http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntuone/beta/ubuntu/dists/jaunty/Release
>>
>> W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones
>> used instead.
>>
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> You need a key.  start a terminal and copy and paste these line into it.  Copy 
> the whole thing at once and be sure to get it all copied.
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> gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 4DA51AF64BD0ECAE && 
> gpg --export -a 4DA51AF64BD0ECAE | sudo apt-key add -
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> Make sure you get that final dash copied.  That should add the keys and allow 
> you to update your manager properly for the repositories you have enabled.
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Alternatively

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


or even better, edit your .bashrc file

sudo gedit ~/.bashrc


and add this line:

#Fix keys

alias fixkey="sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com"


save.

Now all you have to do is open a terminal and type

fixkey <the-key-you-need-to-fix> 


and voila.

enjoy, free ubuntu ;-)