Re: Guix package manager installation error on Xubuntu 20.04

[Zelphir Kaltstahl <zelphirkaltstahl@posteo.de>]

Hi!

On 7/1/20 8:32 PM, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice wrote:
> In general, don't 'sudo wget' or 'sudo curl' anything, one never
> knows. curl | sudo bash securely like a responsible person.
>
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 14:29, Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu> wrote:
>> Le 1 juillet 2020 14:11:21 GMT-04:00, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
>> <me@tobias.gr> a écrit :
>>> [Sorry for top-posting, I'm trapped in a GUI and can't get out.]
>>>
>>> Zelphir,
>>>
>>> You're running the script as root, so you need to 'sudo gpg'
>>> accordingly.
>>>
>>> If that fixes your problem, I'll edit the script to include it.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 1, 2020 at 19:51, Zelphir Kaltstahl
>>> <zelphirkaltstahl@posteo.de> wrote:
>>>>  user@user-ThinkPad-T470s:~/Downloads$ wget
>>>>  https://sv.gnu.org/people/viewgpg.php?user_id=15145 -qO - | gpg
>>>>  --import -
>>>>  gpg: key 090B11993D9AEBB5: 129 signatures not checked due to missing
>>>>  keys
>>>>  gpg: key 090B11993D9AEBB5: "Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>" not
>>>>  changed
>>>>  gpg: key 090B11993D9AEBB5: "Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org
>>> gpg:              unchanged: 2
>>>>  >" not changed
>>>>  gpg: Total number processed: 2
>>
>> Make sure to run wget … | sudo gpg …, don't put sudo before wget or
>> you'll download the file as root and import the key as a normal user,
>> which is useless :)

Thanks for both of your inputs, will try tomorrow!

Regards,
Zelphir