Dirk,

Thanks for this, in fact I did notice the error after posting.  I didn't
know there was an r-sig-debian list, I shall join and use it for  any future
questions of this type.

Graham

2008/6/21 Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>:

> 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@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@act.ulaval.ca>"
> > imported
> > gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
> > gpg: Total number processed: 1
> > gpg:               imported: 1
> > graham@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@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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