[SOLVED] gpg key not found when attempting to install Tor Browser

UbuntuconLeche · 05-19-2017, 10:09 PM

I am trying to install Tor on Ubuntu 16.04(Xenial Xerus). These are the instructions from the Tor website: https://www.torproject.org/docs/debian.html.en

I added the repos to /etc/apt/sources.list. the problem comes in when I try to retrieve the gpg key to sign the packages. I ran this:

Code:

gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89

I get this output in the terminal

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gpg: requesting key 886DDD89 from hkp server keys.gnupg.net
?: keys.gnupg.net: Host not found
gpgkeys: HTTP fetch error 7: couldn't connect: Success
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0
gpg: keyserver communications error: keyserver unreachable
gpg: keyserver communications error: public key not found
gpg: keyserver receive failed: public key not found

I really cannot find any recent help requests from someone trying to install Tor on Ubuntu. This leads me to believe that the only way to get Tor is through Debian or other OSes that use the Debian repositories. Would running the application through a VM still be as secure?

ondoho · 05-20-2017, 02:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UbuntuconLeche

?: keys.gnupg.net: Host not found

i just tried the url and it does connect.
maybe it was temporarily unreachable?

UbuntuconLeche · 05-20-2017, 08:10 AM

I don't know if that's a joke from my last post that was more convuluted. But even though it sounds like it is down from that line; There is also this line:

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gpg: keyserver communications error: public key not found

I interpret this as the server that contains the key is down; However the site is still in working order.

UbuntuconLeche · 05-20-2017, 08:11 AM

Either that or there is a command I am supposed to run prior to the one listed above.

ondoho · 05-20-2017, 11:28 AM

why is this marked solved? please share your solution.

anyhow, i just tried that command on Xubuntu 14.04 and it worked.
you didn't try it as root i hope?

UbuntuconLeche · 05-20-2017, 11:34 AM

I was able to receive the key. I use a VPN which made installing Tor more difficult. All I had to do was run

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host keys.gnupg.net

That gave me the actual address of pool.sks-keyservers.net. Then I substituted:

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gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89

For:

[code]gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89

And I was able to do it without disabling the VPN. Always a plus.