GPG key for Debian repository
This is a freshly installed Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. `gpg` and `dirmngr` are installed. I also tried it in a `bookworm` Docker container and I'm getting the same error. The web page for the keyserver shows that it's there. https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?search=0x95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7&fingerprint=on&op=index So if it's an issue with my ISP connecting to that specific keyserver, how can I find other keyservers to try? -- How many people can stand on the shoulders of a giant before the giant collapses? Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
On Monday, June 16th, 2025 at 7:00 PM, Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd at debian.org> wrote:
(Editing your email from the unreadable vertical format popular with some) On 17 June 2025 at 01:45, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: | Has the key changed? According to https://cran.rstudio.com/bin/linux/debian/ I should be able to get a key via | | $ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key '95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7' | | But on my Debian "bookworm" systems I am getting | | $ gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key '95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7' | gpg: directory '/home/znmeb/.gnupg' created | gpg: keybox '/home/znmeb/.gnupg/pubring.kbx' created | gpg: keyserver receive failed: Server indicated a failure | | Am I doing something wrong, or has the key changed? That is an error message you are getting from a particular remote server. Have you tried another? Could you have network issues? PGP/GPG use a network of mirroring servers. For what it is worth, it works here in a Debian container (using my rocker/r-base container here) after I 'apt install gpg dirmngr': root at cd7dcc85a57f:/# gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-key '95C0FAF38DB3CCAD0C080A7BDC78B2DDEABC47B7' gpg: /root/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created gpg: key DC78B2DDEABC47B7: public key "Johannes Ranke johannes.ranke at jrwb.de" imported gpg: error running '/usr/bin/gpg-agent': probably not installed gpg: failed to start gpg-agent '/usr/bin/gpg-agent': Configuration error gpg: can't connect to the gpg-agent: Configuration error gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: imported: 1 root at cd7dcc85a57f:/# Dirk -- dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org