Very confused. Need help.

Linux Support
1

I just went to install the latest updates, and I got the follow error message.

"Requires installation of untrusted packages

The action would require the installation of packages from unauthenticated sources."

I’m the only user on Laptop, so I’m confused. I’m not even logged in as root.

2

Give it a while and try again… they may have updated some packages without updating their public key.

If you still get that warning tomorrow, let us know and we’ll work out what’s wrong.

3

Ok doke, will do :slight_smile:

4

OK, if you are still getting the same error(s)… open a termial and run:

sudo apt-get update

and look for errors similar to:

W: GPG error: http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key

W: GPG error: http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com lucid-backports Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key [email protected]

W: GPG error: http://packages.medibuntu.org lucid Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 2EBC26B60C5A2783 Medibuntu Packaging Team [email protected]

If you have any, try this:

sudo mv -v  /var/lib/apt/lists /var/lib/apt/lists-backup
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/apt/lists/partial

Then run:

sudo apt-get update

and see if the errors are still there.

If they are… post what they are

5

Updated the lappy about 20 mins ago. Updated first time, so must’ve just been that they hadn’t updated their public key.