gpg: keyserver receive failed: No dirmngr

Question

While trying to receive keys in my Debian Stretch server, I get this error:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF
Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.4B7hWtn7Rm/gpg.1.sh --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF
gpg: failed to start the dirmngr '/usr/bin/dirmngr': No such file or directory
gpg: connecting dirmngr at '/tmp/apt-key-gpghome.4B7hWtn7Rm/S.dirmngr' failed: No such file or directory
gpg: keyserver receive failed: No dirmngr

See https://k6.io/docs/get-started/installation/troubleshooting/#error-importing-k6s-gpg-key; you can run sudo gpg -k and then try again — Frido Emans, Nov 11 '22 at 16:34

Hunter.S.Thompson · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-31T14:05:18.667

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Installing the package dirmngr fixed the error.

user@debian-server:~$ sudo apt-get install dirmngr

Retrying :

user@debian-server:~$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF
Executing: /tmp/apt-key-gpghome.haKuPppywi/gpg.1.sh --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF
gpg: key A6A19B38D3D831EF: public key "Xamarin Public Jenkins (auto-signing) <releng@xamarin.com>" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1

edited Oct 31 '17 at 14:05

answered Oct 31 '17 at 05:15

Hunter.S.Thompson

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Had same problem on Debian 9.4. Installing dirmngr fixed it. – AAAfarmclub Mar 14 '18 at 23:11
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I got the same error of the OP, but I already have latest gpg installed. – realtebo Aug 02 '18 at 05:04
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installing gpg fixed it for me on a Debian 9.3. dirmngr was already installed. – Liviu Chircu Aug 23 '18 at 11:56
Same issue on Raspbian 9.8 stretch. Installing dirmngr resolved it. Thanks. – user8675309 Mar 11 '19 at 04:58
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I found that it was because I'd never used gpg before. sudo apt-install gpg if it isn't installed already - then run sudo gpg -k to create the dirmgr directory and try again. – Tom Bailey Jul 28 '22 at 13:38

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 15 '17 at 05:08

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I wasn't able to get dirmngr to work, but you can also just import the key directly using apt-key add. The GPG public key is often listed at the root of the repo like http://origin-download.mono-project.com/repo/

curl https://origin-download.mono-project.com/repo/xamarin.gpg | sudo apt-key add -

answered Dec 15 '17 at 05:08

Greg Bray

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You need to run dirmngr if it's not already running. – please delete me Oct 03 '18 at 19:54
dirmngr was running, but still no joy... If the keyserver happens to be keyserver.ubuntu.com then you can access via a browser and search for the public key using the --recv-keys parameter, then simply use apt-key add as per this answer – earcam Mar 18 '19 at 12:22
Following this answer, I managed to download a .asc file from keyserver.ubuntu.com, then to import it with sudo gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /etc/apt/keyrings/<YOUR-APP>.gpg --import armored-keys.asc – Arnaud P Jan 11 '24 at 15:53

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 16 '22 at 19:23

As said, the dirmngr package should be installed, but it may happen that apt does not work and cannot install any package. Don't worry. Search dirmngr package on https://packages.debian.org selecting your distribution version, download it on the linux machine and install it using dpkg command, for example:

cd /tmp
wget http://ftp.it.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gnupg2/dirmngr_2.1.18-8~deb9u4_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i dirmngr_2.1.18-8~deb9u4_amd64.deb

Then you'll be able to run apt-key command to fetch the missing keys.

gpg: keyserver receive failed: No dirmngr

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