Adding Key and Backport Repos (Solved)

[anjpr]

I'm trying to install the Kubuntu Backports to upgrade to KDE 4.3.4. Whenever I try to add the backport keys following the instructions in the Kubuntu site (http://www.kubuntu.org/faq/PPA-keys), I get this message:

gpg: can't open /home/username/.gnupg/pubring.gpg

Can anyone help!

[Snowhog]

Re: Adding Key and Backport Repos

Are you attempting to use the Graphical method or the CLI method?

Note: The instructions for the graphical method may not work for you. For the time being, we recommend you use the command line method explained below.

[anjpr]

Re: Adding Key and Backport Repos

command line

[skunk]

Re: Adding Key and Backport Repos

Try this

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

[anjpr]

Re: Adding Key and Backport Repos

Thanks! It worked. It added the key. However, what's the command to update to Kde 4.3.4?

[skunk]

Re: Adding Key and Backport Repos

sudo apt-get update

followed by

sudo apt-get upgrade

[anjpr]

Re: Adding Key and Backport Repos

For some reason the update fails. This is what I get after sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade:

The following packages have been kept back:
amarok amarok-common amarok-utils
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.

[skunk]

Re: Adding Key and Backport Repos

If you are looking for the KDE 4.3.4 update, I believe you should add this ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/ppa

[anjpr]

Re: Adding Key and Backport Repos

Great. That worked. Everything is working fine after the upgrade.

[skunk]

Re: Adding Key and Backport Repos

Please consider editing the original post and mark it as SOLVED