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[Tina <tyamar@xxxxxxxxx>]

There is no password prompt when launching synaptic. Did gksudo synaptic and
still can't add.
-- Tina


On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 13:01, Carl Symons <carlsymons@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Tina <tyamar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Unfortunately still can't connect to host. I'm having to do everything in
> > term, because when I tired to add the source via synaptec the button to
> add
> > was greyed out.
> > I will keep trying. Thanks.
> > --Tina
> >
> It sounds like you don't have permission to add.
>
> When you run synaptic, is there a popup requesting your root password?
>
> Try gksudo synaptic
> or kdesudo synaptic
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:43, Carl Symons <carlsymons@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> It looks like the connection to the keyserver failed. Maybe you could
> >> try again. It appears that the keyserver is working okay now.
> >>
> >> At this site...
> >> https://edge.launchpad.net/~gtg/+archive/ppa
> >>
> >> You will find instructions including the one from Paul:
> >> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gtg/ppa
> >>
> >> The instructions also work with Synaptic:
> >> Settings
> >> Repositories
> >> Other Software (tab)
> >> +Add (button)
> >> In the "APT line:" box, enter:
> >> ppa:gtg/ppa
> >> Click the "+Add Source" button
> >>
> >> Simple process...as Paul pointed out, this grabs everything needed to
> >> make the repository work properly.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Tina <tyamar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > This is what I get:
> >> > Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options
> --no-default-keyring
> >> > --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name
> >> > /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg
> >> > --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com--recv
> >> > 88C03D7B5195CEAFF3F9F7A7B82A968F7AC9B38F
> >> > gpg: requesting key 7AC9B38F from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
> >> > gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 7: couldn't connect to host
> >> > gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
> >> > gpg: Total number processed: 0
> >> > Tina
> >> > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:19, Paul Natsuo Kishimoto
> >> > <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gtg/ppa
> >> >
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