How To Install add-apt-key on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install add-apt-key
on Ubuntu.
What is add-apt-key
add-apt-key is:
The command add-apt-key provides a convenient command line interface which will add a new GPG key to your APT keyring.
Those who are more graphically inclined may prefer the package gui-apt-key.
There are three methods to install add-apt-key
on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install add-apt-key Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install add-apt-key
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install add-apt-key
Install add-apt-key Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install add-apt-key
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install add-apt-key
Install add-apt-key Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install add-apt-key
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install add-apt-key
How To Uninstall add-apt-key on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the add-apt-key
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove add-apt-key
Uninstall add-apt-key And Its Dependencies
To uninstall add-apt-key
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove add-apt-key
Remove add-apt-key Configurations and Data
To remove add-apt-key
configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge add-apt-key
Remove add-apt-key configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove add-apt-key
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge add-apt-key
Dependencies
add-apt-key have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install add-apt-key
package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.