Help: Copied gnupg folder not recognised

[Daniel Villarreal]

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On 09/17/17 02:32, David Seaward wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I copied ~/.gnupg from my old machine, because I want to copy all
> keys, trust data etc. [1]
> 
> However, on my new machine, nothing seems to be recognising the
> GnuPG files:
> 
> * "gnupg --list-keys" is empty ("gnupg --help" confirms that
> ~/.gnupg is the folder being used)
> 
> * The "GnuPG keys" pane of "GNOME Password and Keys" is empty
> 
> * Email client is not able to encrypt/decrypt messages
> 
> How can I diagnose what the problem is? Failing that, how can I 
> export/import an entire .gnupg folder (including trust data)?
> 
> Regards, David
> 
> [1] https://www.phildev.net/pgp/gpg_moving_keys.html

I'm just pointing out some messages that helped me...

Robert J. Hansen, Jan 15, 2017; 5:40pm
http://gnupg.10057.n7.nabble.com/Sherpa-0-3-0-td50700.html

Peter Lebbing, Jul 14, 2017; 2:56pm
http://gnupg.10057.n7.nabble.com/A-Quick-Question-td52732.html#a52736

Werner Koch, Dec 09, 2016; 2:10pm
http://gnupg.10057.n7.nabble.com/How-restore-backuped-gnupg-private-keys
- -v1-d-td50286.html#a50290

Robert J. Hansen, Nov 17, 2016; 3:03pm
http://gnupg.10057.n7.nabble.com/Fresh-OS-installation-td49869.html#a498
70

Werner Koch, Sep 19, 2016; 1:49am
http://gnupg.10057.n7.nabble.com/What-is-a-reliable-way-to-backup-restor
e-my-keys-and-test-td48847.html#a48906

Daniel Kahn Gillmor, Sep 14, 2016; 4:05pm
http://gnupg.10057.n7.nabble.com/What-is-a-reliable-way-to-backup-restor
e-my-keys-and-test-tp48847p48854.html

hope this helps,
Daniel

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