[R-sig-Debian] GPG key for Ubuntu packages

[Anne York]

I had this problem for the Debian binaries. In my case, it 
was due to the firewall on our system. 

There are a couple of ways around the problem. 
1. fix the fire wall by enabling port 11371

2. if you trust the source, don't use the gpg key.  Use  
the --force-yes option in apt-get (read the man pages first, 
though!!!)

3. export the key to an ascii file using the following:

gpg -a --export E2A11821 | apt-key add - 

and then run apt-get or whatever

Anne

On Sun, 20 May 2007, r-sig-debian-request at r-project.org wrote:

 > Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 20:33:35 +0200
 > From: "Gorjanc Gregor" <Gregor.Gorjanc at bfro.uni-lj.si>
 > Subject: [R-sig-Debian] GPG key for Ubuntu packages
 > To: <r-sig-debian at r-project.org>
 > Message-ID:
 > 	<7FFEE688B57D7346BC6241C55900E730F31DA5 at pollux.bfro.uni-lj.si>
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 > 
 > Hi!
 > 
 > Is anyone experiencing the following:
 > 
 > $ gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-key E2A11821
 > gpg: requesting key E2A11821 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
 > gpg: keyserver timed out
 > gpg: keyserver receive failed: keyserver error
 > 
 > Regards, Gregor