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Apt-get update error: W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs:

While running apt-get update or aptitude update you may come across the following error

W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs:
4D270D06F42584E6
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

Run the following command to resolve this:

# apt-get install debian-archive-keyring

  1. Jalil
    May 6, 2009 at 2:41 pm | #1

    Unsuccessful :(

    user@laptop:/$ sudo apt-get install debian-archive-keyring
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    The following NEW packages will be installed:
    debian-archive-keyring
    0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
    Need to get 12.9kB of archives.
    After this operation, 61.4kB of additional disk space will be used.
    Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe debian-archive-keyring 2009.01.31 [12.9kB]
    Fetched 12.9kB in 1s (8157B/s)
    Selecting previously deselected package debian-archive-keyring.
    (Reading database ... 121458 files and directories currently installed.)
    Unpacking debian-archive-keyring (from .../debian-archive-keyring_2009.01.31_all.deb) ...
    Setting up debian-archive-keyring (2009.01.31) ...
    gpg: key 437D05B5: "Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key " not changed
    gpg: key FBB75451: "Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing Key " not changed
    gpg: Total number processed: 2
    gpg: unchanged: 2

    user@laptop:/$ sudo apt-get update
    Get:1 http://www.cgarbs.de ./ Release.gpg [189B]
    Ign http://www.cgarbs.de ./ Translation-en_US
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release.gpg
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Translation-en_US
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release.gpg
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Translation-en_US
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Translation-en_US
    Get:2 http://www.cgarbs.de ./ Release [1756B]
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Translation-en_US
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Translation-en_US
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Translation-en_US
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release.gpg
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Translation-en_US
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Translation-en_US
    Ign http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
    Ign http://www.cgarbs.de ./ Release
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty Release
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Translation-en_US
    Ign http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security Release
    Hit http://www.cgarbs.de ./ Packages
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates Release
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Packages
    Hit http://www.cgarbs.de ./ Sources
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Packages
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Sources
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/restricted Sources
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Packages
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/main Sources
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/restricted Sources
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Packages
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Sources
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Packages
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/multiverse Sources
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Packages
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Packages
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/main Sources
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/restricted Sources
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Packages
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/universe Sources
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Packages
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/universe Sources
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Packages
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com jaunty-security/multiverse Sources
    Hit http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty-updates/multiverse Sources
    Fetched 190B in 2s (69B/s)
    Reading package lists... Done
    W: GPG error: http://www.cgarbs.de ./ Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY E74C61F0E77F37EE
    W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
    user@laptop:/$

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