Using apt-keys
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I tried installing Virtualbox in 20.04, and recent exchanges on the mailing list advised me to use the Oracle repository rather than the one built into the Ubuntu distribution. Following one of the installation guides, I was asked to add a key to apt's keyring using apt-key. This led me to a deprecated warning, and further research led me to a multi-step incomprehensible replacement for the one (or two, depending how you count) replacement for sequences like sudo apt-key list check to see if the Oracle key is already there. and if not, issue: wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add - I would hope that the replacement to 'apt-key' is easy. I can't believe that developers would replace a one-line commands with something complex. Please advise. Thanks David -- ubuntu-users mailing list [hidden email] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On 1/8/21 3:56 PM, david wrote:
> Folks > > I tried installing Virtualbox in 20.04, and recent exchanges on the > mailing list advised me to use the Oracle repository rather than the one > built into the Ubuntu distribution. Following one of the installation > guides, I was asked to add a key to apt's keyring using apt-key. This > led me to a deprecated warning, and further research led me to a > multi-step incomprehensible replacement for the one (or two, depending > how you count) replacement for sequences like > > sudo apt-key list > > check to see if the Oracle key is already there. and if not, issue: > > wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | > sudo apt-key add - > > > I would hope that the replacement to 'apt-key' is easy. I can't believe > that developers would replace a one-line commands with something > complex. Please advise. > > Thanks > > David > > $ sudo wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/oracle_vbox_2016.asc $ apt-key list ... /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/oracle_vbox_2016.asc ------------------------------------------- pub rsa4096 2016-04-22 [SC] B9F8 D658 297A F3EF C18D 5CDF A2F6 83C5 2980 AECF uid [ unknown] Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key) <[hidden email]> sub rsa4096 2016-04-22 [E] worked for me. -- Keith -- ubuntu-users mailing list [hidden email] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 1:58 PM david <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Folks > > I tried installing Virtualbox in 20.04, and recent exchanges on the > mailing list advised me to use the Oracle repository rather than the > one built into the Ubuntu distribution. Following one of the > installation guides, I was asked to add a key to apt's keyring using > apt-key. This led me to a deprecated warning, and further research > led me to a multi-step incomprehensible replacement for the one (or > two, depending how you count) replacement for sequences like > > sudo apt-key list > > check to see if the Oracle key is already there. and if not, issue: > > wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- > | sudo apt-key add - > > > I would hope that the replacement to 'apt-key' is easy. I can't > believe that developers would replace a one-line commands with > something complex. Please advise. > their website manually and download the files, then install them manually. You should probably use dpkg to install the .deb file. I wouldn't use apt for this unless, as I said, there's a compelling reason to do so. The manual approach is simple and straightforward. Mark -- ubuntu-users mailing list [hidden email] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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At 05:35 PM 1/8/2021, MR ZenWiz wrote:
>On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 1:58 PM david <[hidden email]> wrote: > > > > Folks > > > > I tried installing Virtualbox in 20.04, and recent exchanges on the > > mailing list advised me to use the Oracle repository rather than the > > one built into the Ubuntu distribution. Following one of the > > installation guides, I was asked to add a key to apt's keyring using > > apt-key. This led me to a deprecated warning, and further research > > led me to a multi-step incomprehensible replacement for the one (or > > two, depending how you count) replacement for sequences like > > > > sudo apt-key list > > > > check to see if the Oracle key is already there. and if not, issue: > > > > wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- > > | sudo apt-key add - > > > > > > I would hope that the replacement to 'apt-key' is easy. I can't > > believe that developers would replace a one-line commands with > > something complex. Please advise. > > >Unless you have a need to automate this in an installation, just go to >their website manually and download the files, then install them >manually. > >You should probably use dpkg to install the .deb file. > >I wouldn't use apt for this unless, as I said, there's a compelling >reason to do so. The manual approach is simple and straightforward. > >Mark > >-- >ubuntu-us Mark: Yes, I'm trying to automate the process. And apt-key becomes deprecated in future releases, so I'm sort of stuck. Got any ideas? David -- ubuntu-users mailing list [hidden email] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 18:08:09 -0600, Keith wrote:
>$ sudo wget Are you serious about this? -- ubuntu-users mailing list [hidden email] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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On Sat, Jan 9, 2021 at 2:57 AM david <[hidden email]> wrote:
> At 05:35 PM 1/8/2021, MR ZenWiz wrote: >>On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 1:58 PM david <[hidden email]> wrote: >>> >>> I tried installing Virtualbox in 20.04, and recent exchanges on the >>> mailing list advised me to use the Oracle repository rather than the >>> one built into the Ubuntu distribution. Following one of the >>> installation guides, I was asked to add a key to apt's keyring using >>> apt-key. This led me to a deprecated warning, and further research >>> led me to a multi-step incomprehensible replacement for the one (or >>> two, depending how you count) replacement for sequences like >>> >>> sudo apt-key list >>> >>> check to see if the Oracle key is already there. and if not, >>> issue: >>> >>> wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc >>> -O- | sudo apt-key add - >>> >>> >>> I would hope that the replacement to 'apt-key' is easy. I can't >>> believe that developers would replace a one-line commands with >>> something complex. Please advise. >> >> Unless you have a need to automate this in an installation, just >> go to their website manually and download the files, then install >> them manually. > > Yes, I'm trying to automate the process. And apt-key becomes > deprecated in future releases, so I'm sort of stuck. Got any > ideas? AFAIK, the idea's that you'll drop gpg files into "/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d" or "/usr/share/keyrings". -- ubuntu-users mailing list [hidden email] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users |
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