🛠️ Issue Summary – GPG Key Error When Running `sudo apt update` on Fresh Kali Install
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Hi all,
I just installed Kali Linux and ran:
sudo apt update
But I got this error:
GPG error: http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/kali kali-rolling InRelease:
The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 827CB569F2518CC677FECA1AED65462ECB5E4C5
E: The repository is not signed.
I also saw warnings about apt-key
being deprecated, and attempts to use curl | gpg
returned a 404.
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**What I Want:**
I don’t care about using the Tsinghua mirror — I just want a clean fix using the **official Kali sources and keys**.
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**What I’ve Tried:**
* Replacing the mirror in /etc/apt/sources.list
with the official Kali one.
* Using the modern gpg --dearmor
method to import the official Kali archive key.
My sources.list [I copied it from chatgpt, its not the default one]
# See https://www.kali.org/docs/general-use/kali-linux-sources-list-repositories/
deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/tuna-kali.gpg] http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/kali kali-rolling main non-free contrib
# Additional line for source packages
# deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali-rolling main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
Thanks in advance!
Asked by Narci
(11 rep)
Jul 29, 2025, 03:49 PM
Last activity: Jul 29, 2025, 04:45 PM
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