package manager replys no public key

Asked by Roger Warburton

when downloading from package manager it is stating no public key,so pieces are not being downloaded

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Aaron Bentley (abentley) said :
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Is this a question about Ubuntu or a PPA (Personal Package Archive)?

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Roger Warburton (r-j-warby) said :
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Thank you.
This is when I try and update the package manager

2009/2/17 Aaron Bentley <email address hidden>

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Roger Warburton (r-j-warby) said :
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error reads.
W:GPG error:http:PPA.launchpad.net.gutsy Release:
The following signature could'nt be verified because the public key is not available:
NO - PUBKEY 8B9FBE5158B3AFA9.

What does this mean.?

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Roger Warburton (r-j-warby) said :
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That is very complicated for a complete beginner to grasp.Thank you for your time.

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bitinerant (bitinerant) said :
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Here is the short version. Open Terminal and type:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 7A6BC20C4FE04DADD10837608DB7F87A2B97B7B8

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Roger Warburton (r-j-warby) said :
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Thank You

2009/4/30 bitinerant <email address hidden>

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> Here is the short version. Open Terminal and type:
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> sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
> 7A6BC20C4FE04DADD10837608DB7F87A2B97B7B8
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Roger Warburton (r-j-warby) said :
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Sorry I pasted it in but it did'nt do the trick

roger@dell-desktop:~$
roger@dell-desktop:~$ sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver
keyserver.ubuntu.com
Executing: gpg --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
roger@dell-desktop:~$
roger@dell-desktop:~$
roger@dell-desktop:~$ 7A6BC20C4FE04DADD10837608DB7F87A2B97B7B8
bash: 7A6BC20C4FE04DADD10837608DB7F87A2B97B7B8: command not found
roger@dell-desktop:~$

2009/4/30 bitinerant <email address hidden>

> Your question #61344 on Launchpad itself changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/61344
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> bitinerant posted a new comment:
> Here is the short version. Open Terminal and type:
>
>
> sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com
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> 7A6BC20C4FE04DADD10837608DB7F87A2B97B7B8
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