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Filipe Teixeira
Asked: 2014-05-23 08:22:37 +0800 CST

Ubuntu 12.04 GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2 [duplicate]

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I know this is asked often but nothing seems to work for me. Every time I try to update I get the following:

sudo apt-get update
Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg
Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release                            
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release.gpg                         
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release                              
Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release                               
E: GPG error: http://archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2

The only way I can successfully execute 

sudo apt-get update

is by removing ALL software sources (which is pointless).

Regardless of whatever software source I use (official ubuntu or some other PPA) I get the same errors.

So far I have tried:

  1. Changing the server from MAIN to some other . . . no joy
  2. The suggested fixes from here, here, here, and here.

Nothing seems to work. It seems that all my key data is missing and I can't figure out how to get it back.

Any help would be very appreciated !

apt

1 Answers

  1. Okay, some may say this was a stupid error on my part but I'm noting this here for anyone who may get similar issues.

    If trying the solutions in the links I provided above did not work for you then chances are your system is behind a proxy.

    I accidentally put my system behind a proxy when using a particular network extender this one if you curious.

    When your system is put behind a proxy and it is not configured to be that way you will get these strange GPG errors. So your choices are to reconfigure to work through a proxy or to get rid of the proxy (I chose the latter).

    NOTE: A simple way to confirm that your system is behind a proxy is to ping a website and observe the IP or name of the from portion of the reply. If the from portion is from an unexpected address then you may be accidentally behind a proxy as I was.

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