add-apt-key - Command line tool to add GPG keys to the APT keyring
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Description
The add-apt-key will request the specified GPG key from a public keyserver and insert it into the APT
keyring so that archives signed with that key will be trusted.
Exit Values
The folling exit values are used:
0 Adding the keyid was successful.
1 Invalid script arguments.
2 GPG keyid cannot be retrieved (or is malformed).
3 Error in adding keyid to the APT keyring.
Files
/etc/default/add-apt-key
Configuration file specifying the public keyserver to use.
Name
add-apt-key - Command line tool to add GPG keys to the APT keyring
Options
This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (--).
-h, --help
Show online help (usage).
-v, --verbose
verbose mode will show each command before it is executed.
-k, --keyservername
Select a specific keyserver to use.
keyid The GPG key identifier to add.
See Also
gpg(1), apt-key(8) System Administration Commands 2007-02-02 add-apt-key(8)
Synopsis
add-apt-key [ --help ] [ --verbose ] [ --keyservername ] keyid
