On 28 Jul 2005, Bryan Donlan wrote: > On 7/27/05, Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On my laptop, whenever I try to install/upgrade packages I get a message > > saying that the packages cannot be authenticated and asking if I want to > > continue. I say I do and things then proceed normally. > > > > This does not happen on my desktop. > > > > Any way to fix this? > > Are you on unstable, by any chance? > > Take a look at this: http://www.syntaxpolice.org/apt-secure/ > > If you just want to silence the errors, make sure gnupg's installed, then do: > apt-key add /usr/share/apt/debian-archive.gpg
Thanks for this pointer. Yes, I'm using unstable but somehow this authentication business seems to have passed me by. Anthony -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] || http://www.acampbell.org.uk for using Linux GNU/Debian || blog, book reviews, electronic Microsoft-free zone || books and skeptical articles -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
