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update message error

Asked by Xpatnat

Not technical Beginner struggling with Ubuntu 8.10

I updated Open Office and must have screwed up somehow because ever since I cannot run a complete update.
I'm trying to install Banshee and I get the following error message

W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 4874D3686E80C6B7
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ppa/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/Release Unable to find expected entry deb-src/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)
E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.\

How can I fix this?
Any suggestion (step by step and in plain English please) is welcome :-)

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Steven Danna (ssd7) said : 		#1

Try the following to get rid of the first error:

1) Open a terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal)
2) Copy and paste the following command to the terminal and press <enter>

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 4874D3686E80C6B7

3) You will be prompted for your password. Type your password and press enter. Your password will not be shown on screen, so type carefully.

4) Once the command finishes, type this command:

sudo apt-get update

5) Copy and paste any remaining error messages here.

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