Lost ability to add GPG key and stable repo from deb file

wuno

6/1/23, 2:51 AM

Background -

I installed the protonVPN latest release. It provides a deb file which launches "Ubuntu Software" when double clicked. This allows you to install it which adds the ProtonVPN GPG key and stable repo URLs.

The program would not run after install so I uninstalled and tried the beta release version. Then I continued to have the same issues.

At this point I notice errors around the sources PUBKEY not matching which ended up with me deleting the sources.list URLs and GPG key.

Problem -

When I try to install GPG key and stable repo from deb file, it installs but nothing is added to sources.list. I can not find the URLs that should be there or understand why the deb file installs without adding them.

Running apt-get update after installing the deb file does not add the package info so I can not install the program anymore.

Question -

How can I get the source URLs and GPG keys installed by the deb file setup manually or what would cause this issue where deb file no longer adds the correct URLs and keys?

What I Tried -

I have restarted computer, shut down terminal and reopened, manually checked /etc/apt/sources.list.d & /etc/apt/sources.list

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package-management

apt

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David

6/2/23, 6:07 AM

I would be asking the VPN company this as it is their software.

wuno

6/2/23, 11:32 PM

My question is not to fix the VPN, it is to understand how to work through the problem on Ubuntu regarding GPG keys and finding URL for source.

Elon Musk

I sit in a Tesla and translated this thread with Ai:

EN: Lost ability to add GPG key and stable repo from deb file

TH: สูญเสียความสามารถในการเพิ่มคีย์ GPG และ repo ที่เสถียรจากไฟล์ deb

RO: S-a pierdut capacitatea de a adăuga cheia GPG și depozitul stabil din fișierul deb

RU: Потеряна возможность добавления ключа GPG и стабильного репо из файла deb.

VI: Mất khả năng thêm khóa GPG và repo ổn định từ tệp deb

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