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Added key, but dget still shows "gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found"

Trying to download Django source package using dget and the .dsc file from here. Then dget fails to verify the source, because it is missing a public key. $ dget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu... [...]...
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What package to install to play midi files in Ubuntu 16.04?

The (ex-totem?) Video player proposes the installation of gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad, but after installation there is no playback, nothing. When I try to open the .midi file again, the Video player ...
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Does packages.ubuntu.com provide a search API?

The Debian package directory provides a simple API to search for package releases. For instance this query results can be accessed as JSON at https://sources.debian.net/api/src/libtry-tiny-perl/. Is ...
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How to download and install ffmpeg from Launchpad?

I'm trying to understand how to install the ffmpeg package from Launchpad. The ffmpeg website links to that page when you try to download it for Linux.
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What's the official method for checking integrity of a source package?

I want to add a feature to pam, and I figured a good starting point was to download the libpam-modules source. On download, I notice this warning: gpgv: Can't check signature: public key not found ...
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How to install ANT 1.9.6?

I want to install ANT from downloaded zip: apache-ant-1.9.6-bin.zip. How to do it ?
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How do I see which kernel patches are included in an Ubuntu kernel image?

When I search for the kernel images on either Launchpad or the Ubuntu Package Library, the kernel changelogs only show something like: linux-meta (5.15.0.47.47) jammy; urgency=medium * Bump ABI 5....
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What can I do when Launchpad shows a wrong upstream connection?

I noticed that the file source package in Ubuntu on Launchpad is connected to the wrong upstream project. This obviously can't be fixed from Ask Ubuntu, but I am hoping someone can tell me what I can ...
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Huawei Linux driver on Ubuntu 13.04

installing the driver for the Huawei Vodafone K3772 key in Ubu 13.04 I get the following error: "make: *** [install] Errore 2 Install NDIS driver failed. The compiling environment is not all ready. ...
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Is it possible to pin source packages? If so, how?

Given this /etc/apt/sources.list file: deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ cosmic main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ cosmic main restricted ...
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How to add the source packages on launchpad to my PPA?

I have a working project on launchpad, with generation of packages for three version of Ubuntu distribution and all is fine there. However, I cannot find the option to tell launchpad to put the source ...
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anyone know how to reset source.list? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I restore the default repositories? is there anyway to reset my source.list ? i try to follow the trick for this forum http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1219528 ...
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Is there any software like Windows Device Manager in Ubuntu 14.04?

I want to View/Install/Uninstall the System's Default Packages separately like Device Manager in Windows. I wanna list the Systems's Default Packages too. Is there anything available regarding to ...
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How is it decided that a package goes to Ubuntu Core or into "universe" (the Community)? [duplicate]

It seems to me that Ubuntu has to main categories of packages. There are the officially Ubuntu packages supported and maintained by Canonical itself: Ubuntu Core. And there are the freetime maintained ...
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