Apt-key deprecated

[richieserver]

So what version and kernel are you running? You never clarified.

lsb_release -a
uname -a

LHammonds

I've attached pics because it's too much to type out

[ameinild]

I think the long-term solution here would be to create a script that:

• Checks if the key is ASCII-armored - and dearmor if that's the case
• Put they key in your preferred folder (for instance /usr/share/keyrings)
• Add the repo to your sources with the [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/<name-of-keyfile>]

I'm sure I'll eventually get around to creating that - and maybe LHammonds will as well - and maybe someone already did at some location I'm not aware of.

[ameinild]

I created a shell script that can download and install keys to be used with [signed-by=] declaration in sources.list.

It's available on github.com/ameinild/add-apt-key.

Readme:

# POSIX Script for installing APT keys
## General help
This script will help with installing PGP keys for APT repositories.

This script supports up to 2 arguments:
1st argument is input file. This can be either:
- An URL - key will be downloaded into current path (using wget or curl)
- A filename - reads an existing key in current path
- A path and a filename - reads an existing key in given path
2nd argument is key output path and output name. This can be either:
- Only filename - output path is set in config, saved as given filename
- A path and a filename - output path is given here, saved as given filename
- Only a path (end with /) - output path is given here, filename is taken from existing key
- Empty - output path is set in config, filename is taken from existing key

This script has a config file `/usr/local/etc/add-apt-key.conf`, where the following variables can be set:
- `keypath` : path to store converted key - default is `/usr/share/keyrings`
- `verbosity` : if set to Yes - displays extra output
- `removetmp` : if set to Yes - remove input (non-converted) file

Example 1: (`PWD=/root`)

sudo add-apt-key https://mariadb.org/mariadb_release_signing_key.asc /usr/local/share/keyrings/

Will download key in `/root`, convert it and store as `/usr/local/share/keyrings/mariadb_release_signing_key.gpg`

Example 2: (`PWD=/home/user`)

sudo add-apt-key /root/mariadb_release_signing_key.asc /usr/local/share/keyrings/mariadbkey

Will use existing key in `/root`, convert it and store as `/usr/local/share/keyrings/mariadbkey.gpg`

Example 3: (`PWD=/home/user`)

sudo add-apt-key mariadb_release_signing_key.asc mariadbkey

Will use existing key in `/home/user`, convert it and store as `/usr/share/keyrings/mariadbkey.gpg`

## Installation
Install by running the following commands:

sudo curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/am...er/add-apt-key -o /usr/local/bin/add-apt-key
sudo curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/am...d-apt-key.conf -o /usr/local/etc/add-apt-key.conf
sudo chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/add-apt-key

[richieserver]

I will mark this as solved, as I've found another way to install webmin, though at the moment it isn't running, but I think I know why that is