apk-keys(5)

🌸 apk-keys — the manual page, bestie edition 🌸

okay so real quick: this is a File Formats Manual page for apk-keys(5), and it's literally the whole tea on where apk keeps its trust. let's get into it 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

/etc/apk/keys — the cryptographic keys that apk trusts 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

no synopsis here bestie, it's a directory not a command, we move 🌈

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so picture this: /etc/apk/keys is a directory, right? and inside it lives all the public keys that apk trusts to verify cryptographic signatures for packages. that's it. that's the whole vibe. it's giving "the most trusted folder in the whole filesystem" energy 👑

so how do you trust a new key? literally so easy. you just add the armoured public key to this directory. drop it in, done, no cap ✨ and if you're wondering where the keys come from — they can be generated with openssl. slay.

now here's the part where you gotta pay attention fr fr, because it depends on your package format:

• APKv2 packages are picky 😤 — they require the filename of the public key to match the signing key name in the package. so like, the name MATTERS. don't go renaming things for funsies.
• APKv3 files are chill 😌 — they're matched using the public key identity and the filename is not significant. so name it whatever, the identity does the work. iconic.

ngl the v2 vs v3 filename thing trips everybody up, so like… double-check which one you're dealing with before you start renaming files, bestie 💀

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• abuild-keygen(1)
• abuild-sign(1)
• apk-adbsign(8)
• apk-verify(8)

go read those if you want the full lore, iykyk 💜

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and that's the page!! 🎀 this was apk-keys(5) from the File Formats Manual, dated 2026-11-02 — mwah, love that for us. go forth and trust keys responsibly, bestie 💖🦋✨