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Read more about [https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto|GPG]] at the Ubuntu Community Documentation. ''Read more about [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/GnuPrivacyGuardHowto|GPG]] at the Ubuntu Community Documentation.''

GPG Stands for Gnu Privacy Guard.

As a developer you will be using the GPG key mainly to sign changes to Ubuntu source.

First, install gnupg 

$ sudo apt-get install gnupg

Creating the GPG key in a terminal

The GPG key is primarily used for signing Debian packages (.deb). To create a GPG key, use this command in a terminal: 

$ gpg --gen-key

Follow the instructions carefully. Choosing the default options is fine. Make sure to type in your real name and the email you want to have associated with your key. Choose a secure passphrase. If you loose the passphrase, there is no way to retrieve it.

Once you are done, you will need to publish your key to a server in order for it to be usable. First, you need to find out what your public ID is. To see all the GPG keys in your system, do: 

$ gpg --list-keys

In this example, the public ID is F06EFAE2 

pub   2048R/F06EFAE2 2012-11-12
uid                  Kaj Ailomaa (Debian/Ubuntu signing key) <zequence@mousike.me>
sub   2048R/140030E5 2012-11-12

Now, publish your GPG key using your public ID: 

$ gpg --send-keys <KEY ID>

It may take up to an hour before your key is published and ready to be used. There are alternative key servers to publish to, which may be quicker.

Read more about GPG at the Ubuntu Community Documentation.

UbuntuStudio/CreateGPGKey (last edited 2013-03-03 19:25:08 by h-162-149)