nrwahl-d
October 4th, 2013, 01:28 AM
Let me preface by saying I recently had to reinstall Ubuntu 12.04 on this computer, and that I had previously installed Bitcoin-Qt on it before the re-installation.
I followed what I believe were the same steps, straight from the instructions on teh website.
'sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin'
'sudo apt-get update'
...
And this is where the problem arose.
reid@reid-computer:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for reid:
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
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Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6 kB]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release
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Ign http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security/multiverse i386 Packages/DiffIndex
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Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports/main Translation-en
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Fetched 865 B in 7s (117 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5
W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5
W: GPG error: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5
W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 16126D3A3E5C1192
W: GPG error: http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/Release
W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
I then tried 'sudo apt-get install bitcoin-qt', which appeared to work at first, but I can't locate the program within my system.
Maybe I'm doing something stupid. I've had a long day of Ubuntu-related frustration and am just trying to get this bit taken care of. Help will be appreciated.
EDIT: After a restart (following a frozen screen), Bitcoin-Qt is accessible. However, I still have this problem with my 'get-apt update' command and I'd appreciate help making sense of that.
I followed what I believe were the same steps, straight from the instructions on teh website.
'sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bitcoin/bitcoin'
'sudo apt-get update'
...
And this is where the problem arose.
reid@reid-computer:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for reid:
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg [198 B]
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Get:4 http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg [72 B]
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release.gpg [198 B]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release [49.6 kB]
Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release
Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release
Err http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release
Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise/main Sources/DiffIndex
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Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
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Fetched 865 B in 7s (117 B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
W: GPG error: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5
W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5
W: GPG error: http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5
W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://extras.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 16126D3A3E5C1192
W: GPG error: http://security.ubuntu.com precise-security Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 40976EAF437D05B5
W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/Release
W: Failed to fetch http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release
W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
I then tried 'sudo apt-get install bitcoin-qt', which appeared to work at first, but I can't locate the program within my system.
Maybe I'm doing something stupid. I've had a long day of Ubuntu-related frustration and am just trying to get this bit taken care of. Help will be appreciated.
EDIT: After a restart (following a frozen screen), Bitcoin-Qt is accessible. However, I still have this problem with my 'get-apt update' command and I'd appreciate help making sense of that.