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pacman-key

Wrapper script for GnuPG used to manage pacman's keyring. See also: pacman. More information: https://man.archlinux.org/man/pacman-key.
  • Initialize the pacman keyring:
    sudo pacman-key --init
  • Add the default Arch Linux keys:
    sudo pacman-key --populate {{archlinux}}
  • List keys from the public keyring:
    pacman-key --list-keys
  • Add the specified keys:
    sudo pacman-key --add {{path/to/keyfile.gpg}}
  • Receive a key from a key server:
    sudo pacman-key --recv-keys "{{uid|name|email}}"
  • Print the fingerprint of a specific key:
    pacman-key --finger "{{uid|name|email}}"
  • Sign an imported key locally:
    sudo pacman-key --lsign-key "{{uid|name|email}}"
  • Remove a specific key:
    sudo pacman-key --delete "{{uid|name|email}}"

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