How to fix no public key available for the following key IDs in debian

On new debian servers, upon attempting to apt-get update you may see the following error

root@myserver:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release.gpg [1571 B]
Get:2 http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release [102 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org wheezy Release.gpg [2390 B]
....
Reading package lists... Done
W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs:
9D6D8F6BC857C906
W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs:
7638D0442B90D010

The easiest way i’ve found to solve this problem is to do the following.

apt-get install debian-keyring debian-archive-keyring

Try to update again

apt-get update

And voilia! No more errors

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10 Responses

  1. bayu says:

    thanks

  2. Lanex says:

    I want to thank you for your time and trouble, it was very kind of you. Unfortunately, in my case, it did not work. this was the result:

    QuadCore ~ $ sudo apt-get install debian-keyring debian-archive-keyring
    [sudo] password for lanex:
    Reading package lists… Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information… Done
    The following NEW packages will be installed:
    debian-archive-keyring debian-keyring
    0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 91 not upgraded.
    Need to get 48.7 MB of archives.
    After this operation, 55.7 MB of additional disk space will be used.
    Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe debian-archive-keyring all 2012.4 [34.4 kB]
    Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe debian-keyring all 2014.03.03 [48.7 MB]
    Fetched 48.7 MB in 10s (4,481 kB/s)
    Selecting previously unselected package debian-archive-keyring.
    (Reading database … 160388 files and directories currently installed.)
    Preparing to unpack …/debian-archive-keyring_2012.4_all.deb …
    Unpacking debian-archive-keyring (2012.4) …
    Selecting previously unselected package debian-keyring.
    Preparing to unpack …/debian-keyring_2014.03.03_all.deb …
    Unpacking debian-keyring (2014.03.03) …
    Setting up debian-archive-keyring (2012.4) …
    Setting up debian-keyring (2014.03.03) …
    lanex@QuadCore ~ $ sudo apt-get update
    Ign http://dl.google.com stable InRelease
    Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg
    Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com rafaela InRelease
    Hit http://dl.google.com stable Release
    Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com rafaela InRelease
    Hit http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages
    Hit http://extra.linuxmint.com rafaela Release.gpg
    Hit http://packages.linuxmint.com rafaela Release.gpg
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease
    Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
    Hit http://packages.linuxmint.com rafaela Release
    Hit http://extra.linuxmint.com rafaela Release
    Ign http://archive.canonical.com trusty InRelease
    Hit http://packages.linuxmint.com rafaela/main amd64 Packages
    Hit http://extra.linuxmint.com rafaela/main amd64 Packages
    Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates InRelease [65.9 kB]
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main amd64 Packages
    Hit http://archive.canonical.com trusty Release.gpg
    Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en_US
    Ign http://dl.google.com stable/main Translation-en
    Hit http://extra.linuxmint.com rafaela/main i386 Packages
    Hit http://packages.linuxmint.com rafaela/upstream amd64 Packages
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted amd64 Packages
    Hit http://archive.canonical.com trusty Release
    Hit http://packages.linuxmint.com rafaela/import amd64 Packages
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe amd64 Packages
    Hit http://archive.canonical.com trusty/partner amd64 Packages
    Hit http://packages.linuxmint.com rafaela/main i386 Packages
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release.gpg
    Hit http://archive.canonical.com trusty/partner i386 Packages
    Hit http://packages.linuxmint.com rafaela/upstream i386 Packages
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main i386 Packages
    Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main amd64 Packages [768 kB]
    Hit http://archive.canonical.com trusty/partner Translation-en
    Hit http://packages.linuxmint.com rafaela/import i386 Packages
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted i386 Packages
    Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com rafaela/main Translation-en_US
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe i386 Packages
    Ign http://extra.linuxmint.com rafaela/main Translation-en
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse i386 Packages
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/main Translation-en
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/multiverse Translation-en
    Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [15.9 kB]
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/restricted Translation-en
    Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe amd64 Packages [359 kB]
    Hit http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security/universe Translation-en
    Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [13.2 kB]
    Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main i386 Packages [737 kB]
    Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted i386 Packages [15.6 kB]
    Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe i386 Packages [360 kB]
    Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [13.6 kB]
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/main Translation-en
    Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com rafaela/import Translation-en_US
    Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com rafaela/import Translation-en
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/multiverse Translation-en
    Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com rafaela/main Translation-en_US
    Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com rafaela/main Translation-en
    Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com rafaela/upstream Translation-en_US
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/restricted Translation-en
    Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com rafaela/upstream Translation-en
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty-updates/universe Translation-en
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty Release
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main amd64 Packages
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted amd64 Packages
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe amd64 Packages
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse amd64 Packages
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main i386 Packages
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted i386 Packages
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe i386 Packages
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse i386 Packages
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en
    Hit http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en
    Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/main Translation-en_US
    Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/multiverse Translation-en_US
    Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_US
    Ign http://archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_US
    Fetched 2,349 kB in 7s (296 kB/s)
    Reading package lists… Done
    W: There is no public key available for the following key IDs:
    1397BC53640DB551

    Did I do a boo boo?

  3. tongai says:

    Thanks man. It worked

  4. devnull says:

    You da man. Thanks buddy.

  5. El says:

    Thank you. It works

  6. Roman says:

    Thank you, it works!

  7. Peter says:

    It not worked for my outdated debian version, but worked repositories generated by https://debgen.xyz/
    See here: https://internetlifeforum.com/linux-forums/10893-fix-there-no-public-key-available-following-key-ids-9d6d8f6bc857c906/

  8. Vinod Reddy says:

    worked liked a charm, thank you ?

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