Q: Why did I receive an error about signature verification when trying to update my Debathena machine?
Answer
While updating you may see an error similar to this one:
W: A error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used.GPG error: http://debathena.mit.edu hardy Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY E4EE62700D8A9E8F
Please make sure you have the latest Debathena archive key. You can do that with the following procedure:
- cd $HOME
- wget -N http://debathena.mit.edu/apt/debathena-archive.asc
- sudo apt-key add debathena-archive.asc
You will be prompted to enter your administrative password for your machine.