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Graeme T.1's avatar
Graeme T.1
Collaborator | Level 9
3 years ago
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Ubuntu linux repository failure

I'm updating Dropbox through apt on Ubuntu 22.04, and run my usual command for updating all my packages. This time, I received the following error message:   E: The repository 'http://linux.dropb...
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  • czchen's avatar
    czchen
    3 years ago

    It works now, but I am not sure why. The following are steps:

     

    * The original not-working configuration are URL: https://linux.dropbox.com/debian, suite: sid.

    * I change URL to https://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu, and suite to disco, and run `apt update` to test if the problem is in debian repository only. It works.

    * I change URL to https://linux.dropbox.com/debian, and suite to bookworm, and run `apt update` to test if the problem is in sid suite only. It works.

    * I rollback all configuration (URL: https://linux.dropbox.com/debian, suite: sid), and run `apt update`. It works.

     

    I guess maybe some broken configuration is fixed when running `apt update` with new configuration.

     

     

BenDBX's avatar
BenDBX
Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
3 years ago

Hello and thanks for reporting these issues,

 

Graeme T.1 the repository issue was fixed last week. You should be able to update without receiving this error message.

 

matte90 Our engineering team says that this is a warning message that shouldn't cause a block. They are currently investigating why this is happening. In the meantime, it would help us if you could tell us what OS you are using and the specific error message you're receiving.

 

Regards,

Ben

matte90's avatar
matte90
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Hi BenDBX,

 

I'm currently on Ubuntu 22.04.2 "Jammy Jellyfish". Unfortunately, I uninstalled DB because it prevented me from running successfully sudo apt update. In fact, what I was getting was a warning related to deprecated keyring.

 

However, playing around I got to the same issue Graeme T.1 was facing, without any option to solve concretely. Before I relied on an external GPG key as per here.

  • vhertz's avatar
    vhertz
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 years ago

    Hi, everyone.

    I have the same issue with @matte90 on the same environment (Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS).

     

    I have updated my /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list like this:

     

    -deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu disco main
+deb [arch=i386,amd64] http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu jammy main

     

    Then, I've run `apt update` and it says:

     

    W: GPG error: http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu jammy Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG FC918B335044912E Dropbox Automatic Signing Key <linux@dropbox.com>
E: The repository 'http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu jammy Release' is not signed.

     

    Any solutions?

    • mitszo's avatar
      mitszo
      New member | Level 2
      3 years ago

      I downloaded Release and Release.gpg from https://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu/dists/jammy/ and verified the signature with the GPG key `1C61A2656FB57B7E4DE0F4C1FC918B335044912E` , but it was invalid.

       

      ```

      $ gpg --verify jammy/Release.gpg jammy/Release
      gpg: Signature made Thu Mar 5 08:22:09 2020 JST
      gpg: using RSA key FC918B335044912E
      gpg: BAD signature from "Dropbox Automatic Signing Key <linux@dropbox.com>" [unknown]

      ```

      • BenDBX's avatar
        BenDBX
        Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
        3 years ago

        Hi Everybody,

         

        I have spoken with the team who works with linux releases, and they believe they have addressed the root cause of the repository failure. Everything should be working now. If you are still experiencing any issues with the repositories, please let us know and I will pass on that information.

         

        Regards,

        Ben

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