Importing GPG Key

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Found the answer. There were some --- missing at the beginng.

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Updated on September 17, 2022

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  • metodski
    metodski over 1 year

    I have problems importing my GPG-Keys into my new installation of debian. I exportet the private-key a few years ago. Now I am trying to get everything running under a new debian.

    I tried to do

      gpg --allow-secret-key-import --import private-key.asc
    

    But I only get this:

    gpg: Keine gültigen OpenPGP-Daten gefunden.
    gpg: Anzahl insgesamt bearbeiteter Schlüssel: 0
    

    which translates to:

    gpg: No valid OpenPGP-Data found
    gpg: Number of processed Keys : 0
    

    The file looks correct and starts with

    --BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----
    Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
    

    and ends with

    -----END PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----
    

    what could be wrong?