can not update

[dust]

Binary package hint: dpkg

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 FC66403D8670A035
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 8AD328D8A58BCAE3
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 60D11217247D1CFF
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/Release Unable to find expected entry universe/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-updates/Release Unable to find expected entry main/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

but when i do this i get
sudo dpkg --configure -a
dpkg: ../../src/packages.c:221: process_queue: Assertion `dependtry <= 4' failed.
Aborted (core dumped)

what should i do?

[Andreas Olsson (andol)]

This is not a bug, but the result of resent changes in the Launchpad PPAs.

http://news.launchpad.net/releases/launchpad-221-signed-ppas-and-easier-translation-exports-for-upstream-projects
https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA#Adding%20a%20PPA%27s%20keys%20to%20your%20system

[dust (hannes-b)]

WHERE are the keys?

and what about
W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid/Release Unable to find expected entry universe/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

W: Failed to fetch http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/dists/intrepid-updates/Release Unable to find expected entry main/binary-i386/Packages in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

thanks for your help.

[Andreas Olsson (andol)]

Sorry, I completely missed the entries pertaining to archive.canonical.com. I only saw the ones dealing with ppa.launchpad.net.

Is it possible to see your file /etc/apt/sources.list? Or at least the part of it relating to archive.canonical.com?

By the way, you shouldn't confirm your own bugs. The whole point of confirmation is for someone else to confirm it's actually a bug/problem.

[dust (hannes-b)]

# deb cdrom:[Ubuntu 8.10 _Intrepid Ibex_ - Release i386 (20081029.5)]/ intrepid main restricted
# See http://help.ubuntu.com/community/UpgradeNotes for how to upgrade to
# newer versions of the distribution.

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid main universe restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid universe main multiverse restricted #Added by software-properties

## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team.

## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## multiverse WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu
## security team.
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid multiverse

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.

## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from Canonical's
## 'partner' repository. This software is not part of Ubuntu, but is
## offered by Canonical and the respective vendors as a service to Ubuntu
## users.
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner

deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security main universe restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security universe main multiverse restricted #Added by software-properties
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-security multiverse
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports universe main multiverse restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-backports universe main multiverse restricted #Added by software-properties
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-proposed universe main multiverse restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ intrepid-proposed universe main multiverse restricted #Added by software-properties

deb http://ddebs.ubuntu.com intrepid main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ddebs.ubuntu.com intrepid-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ddebs.ubuntu.com intrepid-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ddebs.ubuntu.com intrepid-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/spring/ubuntu intrepid universe
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/spring/ubuntu intrepid multiverse
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/spring/ubuntu intrepid restricted
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid unive...

[Andreas Olsson (andol)]

Regarding http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu

At first we have the sources
  deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
  deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid partner
which are correct and proper.

Later on we find
  deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid universe
  deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid multiverse
  deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid restricted
  deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu intrepid main

These points to non-existing repositories. Do you know how these got added to your list of sources? Did you add them yourself? Were they somehow automaticly added? Have you resently been doing an automated upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 (hardy) to Ubuntu 8.10 (intrepid)?

Regarding finding the PPA keys. If you have general support questions you might want to look into http://ubuntuforums.org/ or https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/.

[dust (hannes-b)]

about the keys after http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1653773#post1653773
[quote]
This is the template
Code:

    gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv KEY
      gpg --export --armor KEY | sudo apt-key add -

When you get an error message, replace the word "KEY" with the numbers in the eror message. For your error you would enter this command
Code:

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

After you press enter and it sends the command, you would enter the second line
Code:

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

After that, the key will be added to a list and the error will not appear.
[/quote]

this worked!

i upgraded to 8.10 when it came out. because several packages were out of date and have security problems i was looking after repositories with newer versions. for example http://www.videolan.org/ the version 0.9.4 is in the repo with a lot of security problems. since 2008.10.24 vlc 0.9.5 is out and since 2008.12.08 the actual version is 0.9.8a.

i dont remember if i added them manually but i think they worked for some time and the error came later, 78 days ago.

after removing the cannonical repo no more errors...

THANKS!

[Andreas Olsson (andol)]

Glad you got everything working! Since it's not possible to confirm if the faulty archive.canonical.com entries were automatically added I'll close this bug as invalid.

[csola48 (mail-csordaslaszlo)]

I have been getting this message for days now: "W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net Hardy Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 8AD328D8A58BCAE3"

[dust (hannes-b)]

@ warp
open a terminal applications > accessories > terminal

copy and paste thes 2 lines into the terminal

gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 8AD328D8A58BCAE3

gpg --export --armor 8AD328D8A58BCAE3 | sudo apt-key add -

after that it should work

@ andreas
this bug is not invalid as several people have the problems and get an error. error without working solution means bug!

there should be a possibility where people get automatic the new keys.

something like: this key is not valid, look for new key? > yes
> gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv KEY
    gpg --export --armor KEY | sudo apt-key add -

> new key installed and works. have a nice day...

[csola48 (mail-csordaslaszlo)]

dust írta:
> @ warp
> open a terminal applications > accessories > terminal
>
> copy and paste thes 2 lines into the terminal
>
> gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 8AD328D8A58BCAE3
>
>
> gpg --export --armor 8AD328D8A58BCAE3 | sudo apt-key add -
>
> after that it should work
>
> @ andreas

Thx, gone :-)

warp

[Visible Spirit (visiblespirit)]

Hi all,

I've had the same problem for 2 months now and couldn't find a solution until I read this post: http://siking.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/launchpadnet-ppa-changes/#comment-124 .

Solution that worked for me on Ubuntu Hardy v8.04:
1) Open your terminal.
2) Add this line: sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys (old key number | error key number) and tap the "Enter | Command" key.
3) Type your root password when asked. (This is a root level action.)
4) New key is automatically updated and installed. Verify by looking at "Authentication tab" . (Open "Synaptic Package Manager". >Settings >Repositories >Authentication Tab.)
5) Once verified, close the 'Repositories Dialog Box', then click the "Reload" button on your toolbar in 'Synaptic'. You shouldn't get any errors provided you've updated all your "error keys".
6) Close "Synaptic Package Manager".
7) Open "Update Manager" and click on the button that says "Check". Now both applications will have read and updated all your repository server lists without any GPG errors.

NOTE: Repeat above process for each key error until all are updated. (I don't know if you can run the old key numbers sequentially in the terminal or not in one command line (i.e... XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX etc.). I only had one error key to update personally.

In my case, authentication tab in Synaptic verified/showed the new update, the error no longer came up, and all is good!

HTH........

Regards,
Visible Spirit

[Steve C (scornall)]

Thank-you Visible Spirit
Your solution worked for me on ubuntu hardy 8.04 server edition. I've had the error for a while and was unable to come up with an answer 'til you provided this post.