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Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.ZXoflQHlR5/gpg.1.sh -qq --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys ED444FF07D8D0BF6
gpg: keyserver receive failed: No name
Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.wELogVwz5k/gpg.1.sh -qq --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net:80 --recv-keys ED444FF07D8D0BF6
gpg: keyserver receive failed: No name
This may be a server issue. Please try again later

This is what I get when trying to install katoolin3 on Ubuntu 20.04:

$ sudo ./install.sh
[sudo] password for silentstorm:
Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.LsQdt19RYD/gpg.1.sh -qq --keyserver pool.sks.keyservers.net --recv-keys ED444FF07D8D0BF6
gpg: keyserver receive failed: Server indicated a failure
Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.3JzK82pkYP/gpg.1.sh -qq --keyserver hkp.pool.sks.keyservers.net --recv-keys ED444FF07D8D0BF6
gpg: keyserver receive failed: No name
This may be a server issue. Please try again later
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    gpg key for what? Which package? What is your Ubuntu version?
    – N0rbert
    Oct 29, 2021 at 18:51
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    You need to ask a question first! Give us some context - hardware, Ubuntu version, how you ended up with that error message.
    – Will
    Oct 29, 2021 at 21:17

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--keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net

SKS keyservers are deprecated and most of them are going offline. As such you will not be able to retrieve keys from them.

Instead you should use --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com.

No name This may be a server issue.

There is a notice dated 2021-06-21 on sks-keyservers.net stating "Due to even more GDPR takedown requests, the DNS records for the pool will no longer be provided at all."

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    still not working Oct 31, 2021 at 23:06
  • @justusgeorge it won't work because the install.sh script you're using was written to use the sks keyserver pool which no longer works. Nov 5, 2021 at 5:54
  • Thanks. FInally I solved the issue by following command - sudo gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3 7D2BAF1CF37B13E2069D6956105BD0E739499BDB
    – Sanaulla
    Jan 31, 2023 at 5:07

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