Brightbox Repository: GPG error: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available
We’re using the Brightbox Ruby repository to get the versions of Ruby which we install on our machines and although we eventually put the configuration for this repository into Puppet we initially tested it out on a local VM.
To start with you need to add the repository to /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/brightbox/ruby-ng/ubuntu lucid mainTo get that picked up we run the following:
apt-get updateWhich initially threw this error because it’s a gpg signed repository and we hadn’t added the key:
W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY F5DA5F09C3173AA6
I recently realised that the instructions explaining how to sign the repository are hidden away in an overlay on the page but the opsview wiki also explains what to do.
To add the key we need to run the following:
sudo apt-key add -
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: SKS 1.0.10
mI0ETKTCMQEEAMX3ttL4YFO5AQ7Z6L5gaGw57CJBQl6jCv6lka0p8DaGNkeX0Rs9DhINa8qR
hxJCPK6ijeoNss69G/ni+sMSRViJBFWXzitEE1ew5YM2sw7wLE3guToDu60kaDwIn5mR3GTx
cgqDrQeCuGZJgz3e2lgmGYw2rAhMe78rRgkR5GFvABEBAAG0G0xhdW5jaHBhZCBQUEEgZm9y
IEJyaWdodGJveIi4BBMBAgAiBQJMpMIxAhsDBgsJCAcDAgYVCAIJCgsEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAAK
CRD12l8Jwxc6pl2BA/4p5DFEpGVvkgLj7/YLYCtYmZDw8i/drGbkWfIQiOgPWIf8QgpJXVME
1tkH8N1ssjbJlUKl/HubNBKZ6HDyQsQASFug+eI6KhSFMScDBf/oMX3zVCTTvUkgJtOWYc5d
77zJacEUGoSEx63QUJVvp/LAnqkZbt17JJL6HOou/CNicw==
=G8vE
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----Then press Ctrl-D to exit the command.
The public key comes from here and is referenced under the 'Signing key' section.
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