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add-apt-key(8)							add-apt-key(8)

NAME
       add-apt-key - Command line tool to add GPG keys to the APT keyring

SYNOPSIS
       add-apt-key [ --help ] [ --verbose ] [ --keyserver name ] keyid

DESCRIPTION
       The  add-apt-key	 will request the specified GPG key from a public key‐
       server and insert it into the APT keyring so that archives signed  with
       that key will be trusted.

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, --keyserver name
	      Select a specific keyserver to use.

       keyid  The GPG key identifier to add.

FILES
       /etc/default/add-apt-key
	      Configuration file specifying the public keyserver to use.

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.

SEE ALSO
       gpg(1), apt-key(8)

System Administration Commands	  2007-02-02			add-apt-key(8)
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