pacman-key

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"