On Wed, Jan 10, 2007 at 03:43:00PM -0800, rangalo wrote: > Hi, > > I am a newbie at using apt-get. Although, I have used debian before, I > was using apt-get only with cds, as I didnt have internet. > > I copied the sources.ist posted in this list from internet somewhere, i > changed all the mirrors fro us to de (germany) and it worked well for > me, except the debian-multimedia.org. For this I got error with apt-get > update command, saying some public key was not found or mathed. So I > had to comment the mirror out. I dont know what this msg means, but I > do need some multimedia stuff on my machine. Any other mirror for that > ? some of the stuff that is on debian-multimedia is now available from the debian repositories -- most notable mplayer. Also, you need to get Marilat's gpg key. There are instructions on his website http://www.debian-multimedia.org/faq.html > > Moreover, while installing some common packages like firefox, gaim etc > I got message that the package was not varified ! Is it dangerous to > install unverified package ? If i change the mirrors, will this msg go > away ? you need the debian-archive-keyring package. the debian packages are signed with gpg keys stored in that package. A
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