Changes between Version 379 and Version 380 of Linux_Downloads

Timestamp:

Jun 27, 2022 8:20:59 PM (2 years ago)

Author:

Klaus Espenlaub

Comment:

new style Debian key handling

Linux_Downloads

@@ -20 +20 @@
 
 === Debian-based Linux distributions ===
-Add the following line to your {{{/etc/apt/sources.list}}}. According to your distribution, replace '`<mydist>`' with '`eoan`', '`bionic`', '`xenial`', '`buster`', '`stretch`', or '`jessie`' (older versions of !VirtualBox supported different distributions):
+Add the following line to your {{{/etc/apt/sources.list}}}. For Debian 11 and older, replace '`<mydist>`' with '`bullseye`', '`buster`', or '`stretch`'. For Ubuntu 22.04 and older, 'replace '`<mydist>`' with '`jammy`', '`eoan`', '`bionic`', '`xenial`', 
 {{{
-deb [arch=amd64] https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian <mydist> contrib
+deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg] https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian <mydist> contrib
 }}}
 
-The Oracle public key for apt-secure can be downloaded
- * [https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc here] for '''Debian 8''' ("Jessie") / '''Ubuntu 16.04''' ("Xenial") and later
- * [https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc here] for older distributions.
-You can add these keys with
+The Oracle public key for verifying the signatures can be downloaded [https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc here]. You can add these keys with
 {{{
-sudo apt-key add oracle_vbox_2016.asc
-sudo apt-key add oracle_vbox.asc
+sudo gpg --dearmor oracle_vbox_2016.asc --yes --output /usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg
 }}}
 or combine downloading and registering:
 {{{
-wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
-wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
+wget -O- https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox_2016.asc | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes --output /usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg
 }}}
 The key fingerprint for oracle_vbox_2016.asc is
@@ -43 +38 @@
 Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key) <[email protected]>
 }}}
-The key fingerprint for oracle_vbox.asc is
-{{{
-7B0F AB3A 13B9 0743 5925  D9C9 5442 2A4B 98AB 5139
-Oracle Corporation (VirtualBox archive signing key) <[email protected]>
-}}}
-
-''(As of !VirtualBox 3.2, the signing key was changed. The old Sun public key for apt-secure can be downloaded [https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc here].)''
 
 To install !VirtualBox, do
@@ -67 +55 @@
 # apt-get update
 }}}
+
+You can remove the Oracle keys from the default keyring with:
+{{{
+sudo apt-key remove 5CDFA2F683C52980AECF
+sudo apt-key remove D9C954422A4B98AB5139
+}}}
+
+''(As of !VirtualBox 3.2, the signing key was changed. The old Sun public key for apt-secure can be downloaded [https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/sun_vbox.asc here]. Likewise, the Oracle public key for distributions older than Debian 8 and Ubuntu 16.04 can be downloaded [https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc here].)''