Launchpad itself

signing key fingerprint does not exist

Asked by Nagaraj Reddy on 2015-05-12

Hi,
I am unable to activate ppa. Below is the text copy from my terminal:

nagarajreddyb@nagarajreddyb:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nagarajreddyb/ppa
ppa installed for yubico on 2nd May 2015 by nagaraj from the below site https://launchpad.net/~nagarajreddyb/+activate-ppa
More info: https://launchpad.net/~nagarajreddyb/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

Error: signing key fingerprint does not exist
nagarajreddyb@nagarajreddyb:~$

Thanks in advance
-Nagaraj

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Language:: English Edit question

Status:: Solved

For:: Launchpad itself Edit question

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Solved by:: William Grant

Solved:: 2015-05-12

Last query:: 2015-05-12

Last reply:: 2015-05-12

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William Grant (wgrant) said on 2015-05-12:

Launchpad won't generate a signing key for your PPA until you've uploaded a source package to it. Many users create PPAs without ever uploading anything, so we avoid cluttering the keyservers until we know the key will actually be used.

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Nagaraj Reddy (nagarajreddyb) said on 2015-05-12:

Hi William,
Thanks for the update.
I am currently not a developer . However, wanted to download packages for installing 'YubiKey NEO Manager'
I was following the instructions given at
https://launchpad.net/~yubico/+archive/ubuntu/stable
for Ubuntu for installing the custom PPA with a package for it
-Nagaraj