What distro are you running? Please show what you added to your sources.list.
Is your Internet connection configured? What is the output of: gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv 886DDD89 After gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add - you should see that: OK I tested it right now with Ubuntu and there is no problem. Regards, Michael 2010/3/12 Jon <torance...@gmail.com> > I am in the process now of wanting to move up to linux for my main > relay OS. I have been running windows xp and 7. I have tried on 3 > different distros with the config for TOR and keep coming up with the > same problem. > > a) on the page for " Debian & Unbuntu Instructions " under Option > #2, after the deb line is put into the " /etc/apt/sources.list " > file > > b) it then says to run the lines to get the gpg key ie: gpg > --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv 886DDD89 > > and then > > c)gpg --export A3C4F0F979CAA22CDBA8F512EE8CBC9E886DDD89 | sudo apt-key add > - > > this is where my problem lies. I can not get the 2nd line to work. I > keep getting an error say " no keys available or this is not a public > key. > > It is the same, no matter which distro I tried on. Obviously, I am > unable to go any further to install Tor. > > I got on IRC and asked in the Tor channel and tried to get help. They > tried several different things to check it out and see if they could > get it to work. In following there checks, it checked out and they > could not understand either why it would not work. > > > Any ideas and/or help appreciated. > > Thanks. > *********************************************************************** > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to majord...@torproject.org with > unsubscribe or-talk in the body. http://archives.seul.org/or/talk/ > -- Michael Gomboc www.viajando.at pgp-id: 0x5D41FDF8