From Ubuntu 22.04 on apt-key deprecated

[Dacramac]

When updating to the latest service pack for SoftMaker Office 2021 for Linux using the recommended installation method, I got an error message telling me “Warning: apt-key is deprecated. Manage keyring files in trusted.gpg.d instead (see apt-key(8))“ It is the same for Debian 11, and for all Ubuntu derivatives (Pop!_OS, etc) based on 22.04. I dealt with it by downloading the .deb file and installing that. THis is mostly for your information, so that you can update your instructions to deal with this matter.

[SuperTech]

Thanks for reporting this problem. I have forwarded the details to our developer team.

[Mik_27]

Same problem obviously on Linux Mint and I also get this error if I follow the instructions from the website

# wget -qO - https://shop.softmaker.com/repo/linux-repo-public.key | apt-key add echo "deb https://shop.softmaker.com/repo/apt stable non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/softmaker.list
Warning: apt-key is deprecated. Manage keyring files in trusted.gpg.d instead (see apt-key(8)).
gpg: can't open 'echo': No such file or directory
gpg: can't open 'deb https://shop.softmaker.com/repo/apt stable non-free': No such file or directory

You may want to update them

[pete]

A lot of packages are affected by this, this is not softmaker's doing.

To solve the issue until it is somehow handled by apt or the user, the following will solve the problem:

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$ sudo cp /etc/apt/trusted.gpg /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/

Basically, just move the trusted.gpg file into the trusted.gpg.d directory where apt expects to find the keys.

You will have to repeat this every time you get a new key, but you can safely just copy /etc/apt/trusted.gpg on top of the other as per the shell command above.