Linux Security Cookbook

7.10. Adding Keys to Your Keyring

Problem

You want to add a public or secret key to your keyring.

Solution

If the public key is in the file keyfile:

$ gpg --import keyfile

If the secret key is in the file keyfile:

$ gpg --import --allow-secret-key-import keyfile

Discussion

Importing the secret key implicitly imports the public key as well, since the public key is derivable from the secret one.

See Also

gpg(1).