apt key validation fails for Ubuntu repository
hello
i am receiving this error
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W: GPG error: http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com>
and i wonder if this is something that is 'correct'
i wonder if the repo is not being has not being compromised.
i tried solving this by:
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gpg --recv-keys 40976EAF437D05B5
gpg --export --armor 40976EAF437D05B5 | sudo apt-key add -
but it does not solve the problem - so are these packages signed by someone other then Ubuntu?
thanks,
Re: apt key validation fails for Ubuntu repository
Are you trying to download a specific package? If so, which one?
Re: apt key validation fails for Ubuntu repository
thanks
no a package in particular.
just running:
which refreshes the whole thing but at the end fails with the message mentioned earlier
Re: apt key validation fails for Ubuntu repository
Re: apt key validation fails for Ubuntu repository
thanks
the following commands cleared this problem, as suggested:
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sudo apt-get clean
cd /var/lib/apt
sudo mv lists lists.old
sudo mkdir -p lists/partial
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get update
but why does it arise in the first place - is there a theory?
thanks,