Archive for June, 2009

Add missing GPG public key to Debian’s apt

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Just a quick post, because I always have to look it up: If you get a message like this while installing a new package through apt…

  1. W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY C514AF8E4BA401C3

… you can do the following to get rid of it:

  1. gpg --keyserver pgpkeys.mit.edu --recv-key C514AF8E4BA401C3
  2. gpg -a --export C514AF8E4BA401C3 | apt-key add -

Works on Ubuntu and other derivatives of Debian all the same, of course. Hope this post will safe me some time the next time I run into this.

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EU Parliament elections 2009

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
EU Parliament elections postal vote ballot and envelope

EU elections

The ballot doesn’t really fit into the envelope. It’s totally crumpled right now. Epic FAIL! Anyway, if you’re living in Europe, vote. Tomorrow, on Friday, on Saturday or on Sunday, depending on where you live. The parliament doesn’t have to say as much on EU policy as it should have, but it’s gaining influence. Some people say that European policy affects up to 80% of your local legislation right now. While I do not necessarily agree to such statements, it’s probably a good idea to vote anyway. That much for a public service announcement.

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