Thursday, May 5, 2016

apt - How to safely download and gpg verify a Debian source package?

I need specific (source or binary) packages from Debian.



Can I download the package using apt-get?



How can I add the Debian repository to my sources.list so it only gets used on a by case base? Without messing up my system by using the whole Debian repository?




How can I get the gpg key for the Debian repository to be sure the package was signed by the Debian archive?



(Please don't tell me, that the system may break. I am aware of that and couldn't care less, because I can easily restore a VM snapshot.)

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