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Re: `W: GPG error: http://www.backports.org lenny-backports Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY EA8E8B2116BA136C'



Camaleón wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:09:56 +0200, Merciadri Luca wrote:
>
>   
>> Using apt-get's GUI, I receive
>>
>> ==
>> `W: GPG error: http://www.backports.org lenny-backports Release: The
>> following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not
>> available: NO_PUBKEY EA8E8B2116BA136C' ==
>>
>> Any idea(s)? I am using a standard /etc/apt/sources.list. Thanks.
>>     
>
> Did you already import the key of the "backports" repo?
>
> ***
> http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions
>
> If you want apt to verify the downloaded backports you can import 
> backports.org archive’s key into apt:
>
> apt-get install debian-backports-keyring
>
> or
>
> gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 16BA136C
> gpg --export 16BA136C | apt-key add -
>
> or
>
> wget -O - http://backports.org/debian/archive.key | apt-key add -
> ***
>   
Thanks. That did the trick. I had not thought about it. I thought it was
not necessary.

N.B.: The first solution never worked (`debian-backports-keyring' looks
like unavailable using my sources.list).

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