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[Carl Symons <carlsymons@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Tina <tyamar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There is no password prompt when launching synaptic. Did gksudo synaptic and
> still can't add.
> -- Tina
>
>
I run KDE Plasma Desktop (Kubuntu). Someone on the list who runs Gnome
will be able to help.


> 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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