Re: Installing Mate

[Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net>]

On Fri, 2013-07-12 at 00:27 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote:
> W: GPG error: http://repo.mate-desktop.org wheezy Release: The
> following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is
> not available: NO_PUBKEY 68980A0EA10B4DE8
> W: GPG error: http://packages.mate-desktop.org wheezy Release: The
> following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is
> not available: NO_PUBKEY 68980A0EA10B4DE8
> 
> <snip>
> root@meow:/etc/apt# apt-get install mate-archive-keyring
> Reading package lists... Error!
> E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
> E: Problem with MergeList
> /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.deban.org_debian_dists_wheezy-updates_contrib_i18n_Translation-en
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Did you try to run

gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-key 68980A0EA10B4DE8

to get the needed key?