On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 05:17:25PM -0500, Thomas George wrote: > I am still trying to do a fully verified installation of debian-11.5.0. > > gpg --verify SHA512SUMS.sign SHA512SUMS responded with DF98...BE9B > > gpg --recv-keys DF98...BE9B responded key DF98...BE9B: new key but contains > no user ID - skipped. > > Another source suggested gpg --key-server keyring.debian.org --recv-keys > long numeric key > > but this responded invalid option --key-server >
sorry that was a typo. gpg --keyserver keyring.debian.org --recv-keys ... would be correct. > The gpg man page is beyond me, I need help > Well, gpg is very complex software now. And the man page tries to be all-encompassing. So it seems daunting to look at the man pages. But I still would encourage anybody to use the manpages to better understand and use their tools. Which the will also tell you that --keyserver is deprecated (even though it still should work as intended for your use case). dirmanager these days is responsible for managing key/certificate dependencies. Good luck, -H -- Henning Follmann | hfollm...@itcfollmann.com
