Sky Charts install

[stevef]

testskychart.key was put into my user folder and looks good

Does this mean that testskychart.key contains a properly formated text block with the header and footer a bit like this...

Code:

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Comment: Hostname:
Version: Hockeypuck 2.1.0-222-g25248d4

xo0EX5NHUgEEAML3/A8gdIurI4lp24s4SFbzxs2q70T6Idmpr/IkqAVghx5M35w/
l5DUOr7A0DDb84LUV5qwTHc/YEI9riz1foIZZxnyryoqE8I5Ou/DlSVvJScL9YiW

several 100s lines of text cut from here

xwCggrBlKycw9gfSRtDVSLyu0mggBgoAn1K8Kjxihh+3W58umLj/uL7Wn/sewkkE
GBECAAkFAkL6aBcCGwwACgkQlZxmk1cKRo5exwCgrYQge8zOEFZMvJPhDGJ2nwrQ
vDYAn0Q80JkvCW6T+KM2GCNc8TDJ0rE0
=g5ta
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

Instead of the random code reported previously ?

If yes, then that is better, but one thing that still looks a bit odd is the file size.
Your output reports 69.84K (71,512 bytes), but whenever I've tried, it has consistently been 94.43K (96,696 bytes).

I'd suggest re-trying this command several times to check the resulting file size.  The downloaded file in your home directory will just get overwritten each time.

Code:

wget -SO testskychart.key "http://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x$key"

You need to look at the number in the square brackets on the final line of the report, I'd expect you to see [96696] rather than [71512]

If you do get a keyfile size of [96696] try following the Sky Chart installation script again.

Code:

https://www.ap-i.net/skychart/en/documentation/installation_on_linux_ubuntu

If you consistently get [71512] then there's still something odd, but it might be worth trying the installation script.