NAME

       pacman-key - manage pacman's list of trusted keys

SYNOPSIS

       pacman-key [options] operation [targets]

DESCRIPTION

       pacman-key is a wrapper script for GnuPG used to manage pacman’s keyring, which is the collection of PGP
       keys used to check signed packages and databases. It provides the ability to import and export keys,
       fetch keys from keyservers and update the key trust database.

       More complex keyring management can be achieved using GnuPG directly combined with the --homedir option
       pointing at the pacman keyring (located in /etc/pacman.d/gnupg by default).

       Invoking pacman-key consists of supplying an operation with any potential options and targets to operate
       on. Depending on the operation, a target may be a valid key identifier, filename, or directory.

OPERATIONS

       -a, --add
           Add the key(s) contained in the specified file or files to pacman’s keyring. If a key already exists,
           update it.

       -d, --delete
           Remove the key(s) identified by the specified keyid(s) from pacman’s keyring.

       -e, --export
           Export key(s) identified by the specified keyid(s) to stdout. If no keyid is specified, all keys will
           be exported.

       --edit-key
           Present a menu for key management task on the specified keyid(s). Useful for adjusting a keys trust
           level.

       -f, --finger
           List a fingerprint for each specified keyid, or for all known keys if no keyids are specified.

       -h, --help
           Output syntax and command line options.

       --import
           Imports keys from pubring.gpg into the public keyring from the specified directories.

       --import-trustdb
           Imports ownertrust values from trustdb.gpg into the shared trust database from the specified
           directories.

       --init
           Ensure the keyring is properly initialized and has the required access permissions.

       -l, --list-keys
           Lists all or specified keys from the public keyring.

       --list-sigs
           Same as --list-keys, but the signatures are listed too.

       --lsign-key
           Locally sign the given key. This is primarily used to root the web of trust in the local private key
           generated by --init.

       --nocolor
           Disable colored output from pacman-key.

       -r, --recv-keys
           Equivalent to --recv-keys in GnuPG.

       --refresh-keys
           Equivalent to --refresh-keys in GnuPG.

       --populate
           Reload the default keys from the (optionally provided) keyrings in /usr/share/keyrings. For more
           information, see Providing a Keyring for Import below.

       -u, --updatedb
           Equivalent to --check-trustdb in GnuPG. This operation can be specified with other operations.

       -V, --version
           Displays the program version.

       -v, --verify
           Assume that the first argument is a signature and verify it. If a second argument is provided, it is
           the file to be verified.

           With only one argument given, assume that the signature is a detached signature, and look for a
           matching data file to verify by stripping the file extension. If no matching data file is found, fall
           back on GnuPG semantics and attempt to verify a file with an embedded signature.

OPTIONS

       --config <file>
           Use an alternate configuration file instead of the /etc/pacman.conf default.

       --gpgdir <dir>
           Set an alternate home directory for GnuPG. If unspecified, the value is read from /etc/pacman.conf.

       --keyserver <keyserver>
           Use the specified keyserver if the operation requires one. This will take precedence over any
           keyserver option specified in a gpg.conf configuration file. Running --init with this option will set
           the default keyserver if one was not already configured.

PROVIDING A KEYRING FOR IMPORT

       A distribution or other repository provided may want to provide a set of PGP keys used in the signing of
       its packages and repository databases that can be readily imported into the pacman keyring. This is
       achieved by providing a PGP keyring file foo.gpg that contains the keys for the foo keyring in the
       directory /usr/share/keyrings.

       Optionally, the file foo-trusted can be provided containing a list of trusted key IDs for that keyring.
       This is a file in a format compatible with gpg --export-ownertrust output. This file will inform the user
       which keys a user needs to verify and sign to build a local web of trust, in addition to assigning
       provided owner trust values.

       Also optionally, the file foo-revoked can be provided containing a list of revoked key IDs for that
       keyring. Revoked is defined as "no longer valid for any signing", so should be used with prudence. A key
       being marked as revoked will be disabled in the keyring and no longer treated as valid, so this always
       takes priority over it’s trusted state in any other keyring.

SEE ALSO

       pacman(8), pacman.conf(5)

       See the pacman website at https://archlinux.org/pacman/ for current information on pacman and its related
       tools.

BUGS

       Bugs? You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software. But if we happen to be wrong, please
       report them to the issue tracker at https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/-/issues with specific
       information such as your command-line, the nature of the bug, and even the package database if it helps.

AUTHORS

       Current maintainers:

       •   Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>

       •   Andrew Gregory <andrew.gregory.8@gmail.com>

       •   Morgan Adamiec <morganamilo@archlinux.org>

       Past major contributors:

       •   Judd Vinet <jvinet@zeroflux.org>

       •   Aurelien Foret <aurelien@archlinux.org>

       •   Aaron Griffin <aaron@archlinux.org>

       •   Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>

       •   Xavier Chantry <shiningxc@gmail.com>

       •   Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu>

       •   Dave Reisner <dreisner@archlinux.org>

       •   Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org>

       For additional contributors, use git shortlog -s on the pacman.git repository.

Pacman 7.0.0                                       2025-01-20                                      PACMAN-KEY(8)