pacman-key Command Examples

Wrapper script for GnuPG used to manage pacman's keyring. See also: pacman. More information: https://manned.org/pacman-key.

• Initialize the pacman keyring:

sudo pacman-key --init

• Add the default Arch Linux keys:

sudo pacman-key --populate {{archlinux}}

• List keys from the public keyring:

pacman-key --list-keys

• Add the specified keys:

sudo pacman-key --add {{path/to/keyfile.gpg}}

• Receive a key from a key server:

sudo pacman-key --recv-keys "{{uid|name|email}}"

• Print the fingerprint of a specific key:

pacman-key --finger "{{uid|name|email}}"

• Sign an imported key locally:

sudo pacman-key --lsign-key "{{uid|name|email}}"

• Remove a specific key:

sudo pacman-key --delete "{{uid|name|email}}"