Default Keystore File Does Not Exist?
I'm Getting This Error. C: \Program Files\Java\Jre7\Bin>Keytool -List -v -Keystore "C: \Users\Suresh\. Android\Debug. Keystore" -Alias Androiddebugkey...
I'm getting this error.
C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin>keytool -list -v -keystore "C:\Users\Suresh\.android\debug.keystore" -alias androiddebugkey -storepass android -keypass android
keytool error: java.lang.Exception: Keystore file does not exist: C:\Users\Suresh\.android\debug.keystore
java.lang.Exception: Keystore file does not exist: C:\Users\Suresh\.android\debug.keystore
at sun.security.tools.KeyTool.doCommands(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.tools.KeyTool.run(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.tools.KeyTool.main(Unknown Source)
C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin>
You must be providing the wrong path to the debug.keystore file.
Follow these steps to get the correct path and complete your command:
- In eclipse, click the Window menu -> Preferences -> Expand Android -> Build
- In the right panel, look for: Default debug keystore:
- Select the entire box next to the label specified in Step 2
And finally, use the path you just copied from Step 3 to construct your command:
For example, in my case, it would be:
C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin>keytool -list -v -keystore "C:\Users\Siddharth Lele.android\debug.keystore" -alias androiddebugkey -storepass android -keypass android
UPDATED:
If you had already followed the steps mentioned above, the only other solution is to delete the debug.keystore and let Eclipse recreate it for you.
Step 1: Go to the path where your keystore is stored. In your case, C:\Users\Suresh\.android\debug.keystore
Step 2: Close and restart Eclipse.
Step 3 (Optional): You may need to clean your project before the debug.keystore is created again.
Source:
You can refer to this for the part about deleting your debug.keystore file: "Debug certificate expired" error in Eclipse Android plugins
Use This for MAC users
keytool -list -v -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore -alias androiddebugkey -storepass android -keypass android
For Mac Users: The debug.keystore file exists in ~/.android directory. Sometimes, due to the relative path, the above mentioned error keeps on popping up.
For Mac/Linux debug keystore, the Android docs have:
keytool -exportcert -list -v \
-alias androiddebugkey -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore
But there is something that may not be obvious: If you put the backslash, make sure to do a shift + return in terminal after the backslash so that the second that starts with -alias is on a new line. Simply pasting as-is will not work.
Your terminal (if successful) will look something like this:
$ keytool -exportcert -list -v \
→ -alias androiddebugkey -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore
Enter keystore password:
The default debug password is: android
Side note: In Android Studio you can manage signing in:
File > Project Structure > Modules - (Your App) > Signing
go to ~/.android if there is no debug.keystore copy it from your project and paste it here then run command again.
In macOS, open the Terminal and type below command
~/.android
It will navigate to the folder that containing Keystore file (You can confirm it with 'ls' command)
In my case, there is a file named 'debug.keystore'. Then type below command in the terminal from the ~/.android directory.
keytool -list -v -keystore debug.keystore
You will get the expected output.
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