Keytool alias does not exist

Question

I am trying to get my debug.keystore md5 key so I can get the API key for Google Maps.

I run the command:

 keytool –genkeypair -alias ar         


        

Answer 1

You are using the wrong keystore. You will have to use a different keystore.

I got this same error On Fedora, after running this command:

keytool -exportcert -alias androiddebugkey -keystore androidKey -list -v

Error:

keytool error: java.lang.Exception: Alias  does not exist
java.lang.Exception: Alias  does not exist

The mistake I made in this case was me using the keystore to sign my android APK project rather than the debug.keystore located in /home/el/.android/debug.keystore:

I changed it to use the right keystore like this:

[el@rosewill .android ]$ keytool -exportcert -alias androiddebugkey -keystore /home/el/.android/debug.keystore -list -v
Enter keystore password:  ******

And it produced this output:

Alias name: androiddebugkey
Creation date: Aug 31, 2013
Entry type: PrivateKeyEntry
Certificate chain length: 1
Certificate[1]:
Owner: CN=Android Debug, O=Android, C=US
Issuer: CN=Android Debug, O=Android, C=US
Serial number: 14be2b38
Valid from: Sat Aug 31 21:43:47 EDT 2013 until: Mon Aug 24 21:43:47 EDT 2043
Certificate fingerprints:
         MD5:  47:D1:3C:AD:3C:6D:49:22:26:01:6B:C8:4D:C0:37:42
         SHA1: 10:96:22:A1:3C:3B:4A:14:2D:B7:5E:62:1D:D7:9B:0B:24:EE:DF:BD
         SHA256: DF:BF:A9:5D:B8:AE:7D:FF:7E:E7:62:84:8F:32:9A:29:19:C6:41:82:83:FA:0B:D0:1B:59:15:AE:4D:D8:38:D1
         Signature algorithm name: SHA256withRSA
         Version: 3

Extensions: 

#1: ObjectId: 2.5.29.14 Criticality=false
SubjectKeyIdentifier [
KeyIdentifier [
0000: 1A 32 1F F0 03 E0 23 34   6F GE 78 CC E3 10 B5 61  .0....)4o.x....a
0010: 6D 6F F1 38                                        mo.8
]
]

For reference, these were the directions I was following:

From here: https://developers.google.com/+/quickstart/android

In a terminal, run the the Keytool utility to get the SHA-1 fingerprint of the certificate. For the debug.keystore, the password is android.

keytool -exportcert -alias androiddebugkey -keystore  -list -v