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Sorry.  testskychart.key was put into my user folder and looks good.  Here is the result of WGET:

 bill  ~  wget -SO testskychart.key "http://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x$key"
--2023-08-30 20:40:11--  http://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x
Resolving keyserver.ubuntu.com (keyserver.ubuntu.com)... 185.125.188.26, 185.125.188.27, 2620:2d:4000:1007::70c, ...
Connecting to keyserver.ubuntu.com (keyserver.ubuntu.com)|185.125.188.26|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 00:40:12 GMT
  Server: Hockeypuck/2.1.0-222-g25248d4
  Content-Type: text/plain
  Connection: close
  Content-Encoding: gzip
  Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Length: unspecified [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘testskychart.key’

testskychart.key        [  <=>              ]  69.84K  323KB/s    in 0.2s   

2023-08-30 20:40:13 (323 KB/s) - ‘testskychart.key’ saved [71512]

 bill  ~  

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

Yes.  It looks like this:

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

xo0EX5NHUgEEAML3/A8gdIurI4lp24s4SFbzxs2q70T6Idmpr/IkqAVghx5M35w/
l5DUOr7A0DDb84LUV5qwTHc/YEI9riz1foIZZxnyryoqE8I5Ou/DlSVvJScL9YiW
xtdoMevWsjEzNDjwDdaR0I0F0a5CJl4IWzVojnsMAyR70UmHxlIsOch7ABEBAAHN
.
.  26 pages
.
xwCggrBlKycw9gfSRtDVSLyu0mggBgoAn1K8Kjxihh+3W58umLj/uL7Wn/sewkkE
GBECAAkFAkL6aBcCGwwACgkQlZxmk1cKRo5exwCgrYQge8zOEFZMvJPhDGJ2nwrQ
vDYAn0Q80JkvCW6T+KM2GCNc8TDJ0rE0
=g5ta
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----

I'll try your other suggestions regarding the file size issue and let you know what happens.

I just got a file size of 71512, so I ran the install script and got a no such file or directory error.

 bill  ~  https://www.ap-i.net/skychart/en/documen...nux_ubuntu
bash: https://www.ap-i.net/skychart/en/documen...nux_ubuntu: No such file or directory
 bill  ~  127  

Sorry if I've confused you.

is the link to the web page of the instructions which documents downloading and running the script.

It looks like you attempted to 'run' the web page itself resulting in the 'no such file or directory error'

You need to open the instructions web page in your browser, then read and follow them carefully.

The first line of the instructions that you actually run is

You've just learned how much I know about Linux.  Thanks very much for your help.  Hopefully, I can get through the install now by myself. 

Well, no such luck.  Here's what I get after the first copy and paste:

bash <(wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pchev/...art_deb.sh)
This script add the Skychart repository to simplify the installation and update of the software.
It is possible to get the STABLE version that is updated every few year,
or the more frequently updated BETA version with the last features and corrections.
1) Stable
2) Beta
3) Quit
Please select the version you want: 1
You may now give your password for the sudo apt command.
[sudo] password for bill:
OK
OK
2023-09-01 22:51:16 URL:http://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8B8B57C1AA716FC2 [1357/1357] -> "8B8B57C1AA716FC2.key" [1]
gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir '/home/bill/.gnupg'
gpg: keybox './skychart-temp-keyring.gpg' created
gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
gpg: Total number processed: 0
gpg: WARNING: unsafe permissions on homedir '/home/bill/.gnupg'
gpg: WARNING: nothing exported
mv: cannot stat 'skychart.gpg': No such file or directory

The repository is defined to use the stable packages.
You can now use your prefered package manager to install Skychart.
If you want to continue from the command line do not forget to run: sudo apt update
 bill  ~  

This may be unrelated, but, I ran an update and got the following errors:

===========================
Install Updates Error log
===========================
Install Updates could not fetch the package cache information lists.
Go to https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/ and paste the log below into a new or existing thread for assistance.

============ Log ===========

Hit:1 http://repo.linuxliteos.com/linuxlite emerald InRelease
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates InRelease
Hit:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports InRelease
Hit:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-security InRelease
Hit:7 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Get:4 http://vega.ap-i.net/apt stable InRelease [3,615 B]
Err:4 http://vega.ap-i.net/apt stable InRelease
  The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 8B8B57C1AA716FC2
Reading package lists...
W: GPG error: http://vega.ap-i.net/apt stable InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 8B8B57C1AA716FC2
E: The repository 'http://www.ap-i.net/apt stable InRelease' is not signed.

It is related. The sky chart installation script has added itself as a repository but because of the problem with the authentication set up it is preventing the update process completing.
Has the update been a problem since August 22 ?

To complete updates, run the command below.  It removes the file that the sky chart script added to your repository list in the attempt to install itself.
You will need to enter your password.
Updates should then run normally.  Please let us know.

If you wish to continue tackling your problem with the installation, please run the following command.
This will try to download the author's public key to your home directory as a file called skychartpublic.key and provide some debugging information.

Please post back with the screen output showing the command and resulting output.

If a file gets downloaded, please run
and post back showing the command and result.

I don't know when the problem started because it is a new install of Linux Lite (8/15) and I'm still installing what I want.  I haven't been concerned about doing updates yet.

This is the result of the WGET:

wget -SO skychartpublic.key "http://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8B8B57C1AA716FC2"
--2023-09-03 15:58:46--  http://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?o...C1AA716FC2
Resolving keyserver.ubuntu.com (keyserver.ubuntu.com)... 185.125.188.27, 185.125.188.26, 2620:2d:4000:1007::d43, ...
Connecting to keyserver.ubuntu.com (keyserver.ubuntu.com)|185.125.188.27|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response...
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2023 19:58:47 GMT
  Server: Hockeypuck/2.1.0-222-g25248d4
  Content-Type: text/plain
  Content-Length: 1357
  Content-Encoding: gzip
Length: 1357 (1.3K) [text/plain]
Saving to: ‘skychartpublic.key’

skychartpublic.key                100%[===========================================================>]  1.33K  --.-KB/s    in 0.05s 

2023-09-03 15:58:47 (26.8 KB/s) - ‘skychartpublic.key’ saved [1357/1357]

 bill  ~  


I don't see where any files were downloaded.  I do see the skychartpublic.key file in my user folder.

I will now continue with the install and hope for no more issues.  Thanks much.