can not update

You need to add the keys to get it working

On bash, type:

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 60D11217247D1CFF
gpg –export –armor 60D11217247D1CFF | sudo apt-key add -

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 6AF0E1940624A220
gpg –export –armor 6AF0E1940624A220 | sudo apt-key add -

When I tried it this is the new error message I got.

richard@Ham-1:~$ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 60D11217247D1CFF
gpg: requesting key 247D1CFF from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 247D1CFF: "Launchpad PPA for OpenOffice.org Scribblers" not changed
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: unchanged: 1
richard@Ham-1:~$ gpg –export –armor 60D11217247D1CFF | sudo apt-key add -
usage: gpg [options] [filename]
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
richard@Ham-1:~$

Try this

gpg --armor --export 60D11217247D1CFF --output 60D11217247D1CFF | sudo apt-key add --

repeat it to to get the next keyring and refresh the apt's package

sudo apt-get update

Now whenever I try to type my sudo password it does not allow me to. The cursor just sits there and blinks

Here is the error message when I try to update.

W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used.GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 60D11217247D1CFF

W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used.GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 6AF0E1940624A220

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/Release

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/Release

W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

try it on console mode

Ctrl+F1 then login

Type:

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 60D11217247D1CFF
gpg --armor --export 60D11217247D1CFF --output 60D11217247D1CFF | sudo apt-key add --

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 6AF0E1940624A220
gpg --armor --export 6AF0E1940624A220 | sudo apt-key add -

Then

sudo apt-get update

I forgot to add output on the last keyring.

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 6AF0E1940624A220
gpg --armor --export 6AF0E1940624A220 --output 6AF0E1940624A220 | sudo apt-key add -

I'm sorry, I am at the end of my rope. I have been trying Ubuntu for the last week but I can not get it to work right. Everything I try to do does not work. I do not know what console mode is and when I try to do it in terminal it refuses to let me put on my password at the sudo prompt. I never thought I was stupid but this operating system is making me feel that way and I hate it so I guess Microsoft I am comming back.

No, we can fix it. You just need to add the keyring, thats all. Press Ctrl+F1 and it will take you to console mode.

You cant fix BSOD on micro$oft and you'll have to pay for the upgrade. Its your choice.

heres some help from left field...

i had this same issue. when i cut and paste the suggested solution, it did not work. the first step did but the second line did not work...

on closer inspection the two dashes "--" somehow got pasted as a long single dash.

make sure you have "--" on the command line. overwrite it just to be sure.

c.

By the way here instructions and video on how to import a ppa key...

- the video http://blog.launchpad.net/ppa/adding-a-ppas-key-to-ubuntu

Other https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA#Adding%20a%20PPA%20to%20your%20Ubuntu%20repositories

Hope this helps

Hey Raco,

I found this forum because I was looking for a solution to this challenge as well. I had the same stumblings that you did at first with the first listed solution above. The second suggestion did the trick and I copy pasted it as a template for future use as a "key problem" solution.

  Just wanted to say that I've been Windoze free for almost a year now and even though Linux is like learning an operating system from aliens in some ways in every category my experience has been that linux, esp Ubuntu is magical compared to the devil-you-know MS products. I was finally sold when one day after I screwed up my install pretty bad (nothing was working) - I was able to "fix" the entire problem with one command line entry from the safe mode boot.

Of course if you need a slower transition then do what most linux users probably do - dual boot.

Thanks a lot kabotage

Running this : gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 6AF0E1940624A220
gpg --armor --export 6AF0E1940624A220 --output 6AF0E1940624A220 | sudo apt-key add -
fixed the issue

thats why i love Ubuntu - people help out when you need the help
Cheers