Apt-key

lastmod 2022-02-24created 2018-09-055 edits

Commands

• add filename: Adds a new key to the key list. Reads the key from the given file name. For standard input, use - in place of the file name.
• del keyid: Deletes a key from the key list.
• list: Lists the keys.
• update: Updates the local keyring.
• net-update: Same as update, but updates from a URI.

Examples

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 9DA31620334BD75D9DCB49F368818C72E52529D4

curl -Lhttps://couchdb.apache.org/repo/bintray-pubkey.asc| sudo apt-key add -

How to pipe a key downloaded with wget or curl.

See also

• Advanced Package Tool (apt)
• apt-get
• apt-cache
• apt-key
• add-apt-repository