[R-sig-Debian] GPG key for Debian repository

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

This is a freshly installed Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. `gpg` and `dirmngr` are installed. I also tried it in a `bookworm` Docker container and I'm getting the same error.

The web page for the keyserver shows that it's there. 

https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?search=0x95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7&fingerprint=on&op=index

So if it's an issue with my ISP connecting to that specific keyserver, how can I find other keyservers to try?




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On Monday, June 16th, 2025 at 7:00 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd using debian.org> wrote:

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> 
> On 17 June 2025 at 01:45, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
> | Has the key changed? According to https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/debian/ I should be able to get a key via
> |
> | $ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key '95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7'
> |
> | But on my Debian "bookworm" systems I am getting
> |
> | $ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key '95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7'
> | gpg: directory '/home/znmeb/.gnupg' created
> | gpg: keybox '/home/znmeb/.gnupg/pubring.kbx' created
> | gpg: keyserver receive failed: Server indicated a failure
> |
> | Am I doing something wrong, or has the key changed?
> 
> That is an error message you are getting from a particular remote
> server. Have you tried another? Could you have network issues? PGP/GPG use a
> network of mirroring servers.
> 
> For what it is worth, it works here in a Debian container (using my
> rocker/r-base container here) after I 'apt install gpg dirmngr':
> 
> root using cd7dcc85a57f:/# gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key '95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7'
> gpg: /root/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
> gpg: key DC78B2DDEABC47B7: public key "Johannes Ranke johannes.ranke using jrwb.de" imported
> 
> gpg: error running '/usr/bin/gpg-agent': probably not installed
> gpg: failed to start gpg-agent '/usr/bin/gpg-agent': Configuration error
> gpg: can't connect to the gpg-agent: Configuration error
> gpg: Total number processed: 1
> gpg: imported: 1
> root using cd7dcc85a57f:/#
> 
> Dirk
> 
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