Ubuntu GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net

If you come across this error after running aptitude update

W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available:
NO_PUBKEY 7D2C7A23BF810CD5
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

due to a missing GPG key do the following to correct the problem

gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 7D2C7A23BF810CD5

Replace the key number “7D2C7A23BF810CD5” with the one included in your error message

gpg --export --armor 7D2C7A23BF810CD5 | sudo apt-key add -

After that, the key will be added to a list and the error will not reappear.

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  3. Philipp

    Thx a lot!

    For me, the following worked (adopted from Tomasz above, with 2 sudo less):

    sudo apt-get update 2> /tmp/keymissing 1> /dev/null; for key in $(grep "NO_PUBKEY" /tmp/keymissing |sed "s/.*NO_PUBKEY //"); do echo -e "nProcessing key: $key"; gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv $key && gpg --export --armor $key | sudo apt-key add -; done; rm /tmp/keymissing

    Other keyservers to try, if keyserver.ubuntu.com or subkeys.pgp.net are offline:

    keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net
    keyserver hkp://pgp.mit.edu
    keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net (random server)
    keyserver hkp://keys.nayr.net
    keyserver http://keys.gnupg.net
    keyserver http://wwwkeys.xx.pgp.net where xx is a two-letter country code.

    (from Launchpad )

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  5. cp

    Yes, thanks!!

    Although it was anti-climactic to finally fix this annoyance, and after typing the last command all it says is “OK”. 🙂

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  7. Matthew Bugno

    Thank you for your effort with this. Major irritation solved. I humble myself before you. I have copied your solution for reference.

    Vielen Dank für Ihre Mühe mit diesem. Major Reizung gelöst. Ich mich bescheiden, bevor Sie. Ich habe kopiert Ihre Lösung für die Bezugnahme ..

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  8. Tomasz W. Koz?owski

    You might also try the following code (as published at forum.ubuntu.pl):

    sudo apt-get update 2> /tmp/keymissing; for key in $(grep "NO_PUBKEY" /tmp/keymissing |sed "s/.*NO_PUBKEY //"); do echo -e "nProcessing key: $key"; sudo gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv $key && sudo gpg --export --armor $key | sudo apt-key add -; done

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  9. derblitz

    Bei mir war es der Key:

    W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release: Die folgenden Signaturen konnten nicht überprüft werden, weil ihr öffentlicher Schlüssel nicht verfügbar ist: NO_PUBKEY 60D11217247D1CFF

    Wie oben beschrieben vorgrangen:

    gpg –keyserver subkeys.pgp.net –recv 60D11217247D1CFF

    gpg –export –armor 60D11217247D1CFF | sudo apt-key add –

    Nun klappt es wieder.
    Danke für die Anleitung.

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  10. Oddin

    gpg –keyserver subkeys.pgp.net –recv 778978B00F7992B0
    gpg: requesting key 0F7992B0 from hkp server subkeys.pgp.net
    gpg: waiting for lock (held by 6153 – probably dead) …
    gpg: waiting for lock (held by 6153 – probably dead) …
    ^C
    gpg: Interrupt caught … exiting

    Who is dead?

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