HOWTO: Export and Import Private GPG Keys
I had a problem today. I wanted to encrypt something with my GPG Key. It was only on my laptop. Here’s what I did: gpg –export-secret-keys > gpgkeyfile gpg -c gpgkeyfile shred -u gpgkeyfile Then move gpgkeyfile.gpg to another computer. To import them again: gpg -d gpgkeyfile.gpg > gpgkeyfile gpg –import gpgkeyfile gpg: key 9140A8C7: secret key imported gpg: key 9140A8C7: *** 1 new signature gpg: key 5EF4A221: secret key imported gpg: key 5EF4A221: public key *** imported gpg: key [...]
