error when running apt-get update on ubuntu 14

Question

I am running ubuntu 14 on one of my servers.

When I run sudo apt-get update, I get the error below.

W: GPG error: http://cran.rstudio.com trusty/ Release: The following signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 1445181253 KEYEXPIRED 1445181253 KEYEXPIRED 1445181253

Should I modify my ppa repository list or take some other action to fix this issue.

Update: I tried removing R from the server using

sudo apt-get --purge remove r-base
sudo apt-get --purge remove r-base-core
sudo apt-get --purge remove r-base-recommended

However, I am still seeing the same issue with apt-get update.

fixed after removing reference from /etc/apt/sources.list file — ali haider, Oct 20 '15 at 17:06
I would recommend removing the paragraph about java, since the main issue is how to fix the broken key from RStudio. — user2161065, Nov 23 '15 at 19:17

score 29 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 21 '15 at 06:57

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Look at the "Secure APT" part of https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/README.html:

Adding the key with key ID E084DAB9 fixed the problem for me.

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E084DAB9

answered Oct 21 '15 at 06:57

Thomas

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Part of the issue is the previous Key expired and had to be renewed. If you installed before mid October you might hit this issue. https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-sig-debian/2015-October/002458.html – wildintellect Nov 19 '15 at 17:43
I think this should be marked as the correct answer. – gawbul May 14 '16 at 09:25
If you are using Ubuntu's "Software & Updates" GUI tool (or whatever it's called in other distros), check the "Authentication" tab, which lists all keys known to dpkg/apt. This `E084DAB9` key belongs to "Michael Rutter, marutterATgmail.com". It is the correct GPG key. Do not search for a CRAN substring in the list. – knb Jan 25 '17 at 09:34

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 20 '15 at 17:06

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If you don't need R you can just remove the cran line from /etc/apt/sources.list and you should be good to go.

sudo apt-key del 1445181253 will remove the offending key.

answered Oct 20 '15 at 17:06

Eddie Dunn

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solved by removing reference from /etc/apt/source.list file - thanks – ali haider Oct 20 '15 at 17:07
my java installation is still messed up - will look into it next – ali haider Oct 20 '15 at 17:07
Might take a look at this:https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-java-on-ubuntu-with-apt-get – Eddie Dunn Oct 20 '15 at 17:09
Not sure which one you were using but you can install either Oracle or OpenJdk (whichever one you did not have before) and use update-alternatives like it describes at the bottom. – Eddie Dunn Oct 20 '15 at 17:10

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 20 '15 at 17:09

Sorry for the abrupt questions but what has java to do with the 3rd party repository that you have set in your repository?

Also I see you are capable to change your repository but not able to read the output of an error.

You can add the missing key for the 3rd party repo:

  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2202787

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 15 '16 at 09:33

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In case your firewall blocks port 11371, a more general solution is to force using port 80 when retrieving the new key:

gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys E084DAB9
gpg -a --export E084DAB9 | sudo apt-key add -

answered Jan 15 '16 at 09:33

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 20 '15 at 17:06

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fixed after removing reference from /etc/apt/sources.list file

answered Oct 20 '15 at 17:06

ali haider

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error when running apt-get update on ubuntu 14

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