Re: Packages not authenticated - why?
On 28 Jul 2005, Bryan Donlan wrote:
> On 7/27/05, Anthony Campbell <ac@acampbell.org.uk> wrote:
> > On my laptop, whenever I try to install/upgrade packages I get a message
> > saying that the packages cannot be authenticated and asking if I want to
> > continue. I say I do and things then proceed normally.
> >
> > This does not happen on my desktop.
> >
> > Any way to fix this?
>
> Are you on unstable, by any chance?
>
> Take a look at this: http://www.syntaxpolice.org/apt-secure/
>
> If you just want to silence the errors, make sure gnupg's installed, then do:
> apt-key add /usr/share/apt/debian-archive.gpg
Thanks for this pointer. Yes, I'm using unstable but somehow this
authentication business seems to have passed me by.
Anthony
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