How to Automatically Import Missing GPG Keys in Ubuntu | Linux Today

How to Automatically Import Missing GPG Keys in Ubuntu

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 15, 2011

“Launchpad-getkeys is a script that imports these missing keys
automatically.

When adding PPAs to Ubuntu via “apt-add-repository” the PPA and
its key will be imported. These GPG keys are a way to verify the
packages in that PPA. But if you add a PPA when the Ubuntu key
server is down the key will not be imported and the PPA will
produce an error every time you try refreshing your packages.
Ubuntu Forums user (blackgr) created a script called
launchpad-getkeys that will import all missing keys
automatically.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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