[R] ubuntu repository for R

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 06:03:39PM +0100, Graham Smith wrote:
> Marielle,
> 
> Thanks for this. I think I have done as you suggest but still get the public
> key error. Do I need to reboot to get it to work: here is the script:
> 
> 
> graham at Antec-Linux:~$ gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv E2A11821
> gpg: requesting key E2A11821 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
> gpg: key E2A11821: public key "Vincent Goulet <vincent.goulet at act.ulaval.ca>"
> imported
> gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
> gpg: Total number processed: 1
> gpg:               imported: 1
> graham at Antec-Linux:~$ gpg --export --armor E2A11821 | sudo apt-key add-
> sudo: unable to resolve host Antec-Linux
> [sudo] password for graham:
> Usage: apt-key [command] [arguments]
> 
> Manage apt's list of trusted keys
> 
>   apt-key add <file>          - add the key contained in <file> ('-' for
> stdin)
>   apt-key del <keyid>         - remove the key <keyid>
>   apt-key export <keyid>      - output the key <keyid>
>   apt-key exportall           - output all trusted keys
>   apt-key update              - update keys using the keyring package
>   apt-key net-update          - update keys using the network
>   apt-key list                - list keys

Notice that Marielle (correctly) wrote 

       gpg --export --armor E2A11821 | sudo apt-key add -

whereas you used 

       gpg --export --armor E2A11821 | sudo apt-key add-
       
and the space matters. You tell apt-get to use a command 'add-' which
doesn't exist whereas you need to tell it to use 'add' with '-' as
input (meaning the key will be read on stdin).

In the future, consider the r-sig-debian list for Debian / Ubuntu
questions.  We are now fairly off-topic for R.

Dirk
 
 
> 2008/6/21 Marielle <mwinarto at gmail.com>:
> 
> >
> > > I am trying to get synaptic to work with R
> > >
> > > I have added http://cran.uk.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu as the URL
> > and
> > > hardy/ as the distribution.
> >
> > Try a different mirror, I used http://cran-mirror.cs.uu.nl/. When you try
> > apt-get update, you'll get a warning (that's better than an error ;)
> > W: GPG error: http://cran-mirror.cs.uu.nl hardy/ Release: The following
> > signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available:
> > NO_PUBKEY D67FC6EAE2A11821
> >
> > To solve this, run:
> > > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv E2A11821
> > > gpg --export --armor E2A11821 | sudo apt-key add -
> >
> > apt-get update, and you should be able to install r-base (and any other
> > packages you need).
> >
> > Marielle
> > --
> > View this message in context:
> > http://www.nabble.com/ubuntu-repository-for-R-tp18043145p18046293.html
> > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
> >
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