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How can I export PGP keys I used for registration on PPA and then import in virtual machine's Ubuntu?
Please, help me.

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You can View this and also installing seahorse would be helpful. Also found a Adding a Launchpad PPA's key to Ubuntu video –  tijybba Jun 25 '12 at 12:32
And the official GPG wiki –  tijybba Jun 25 '12 at 12:39
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Have a look here and/or here.

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This assumes you can copy-and-paste between the host and the virtual machine guest; it's easier than setting up sharing between the two, and more secure than emailing your private key to yourself, leaving key files lying around, etc.

  1. Host AND VM: Open a terminal, and sudo apt-get install xclip (a small tool to copy and paste to the clipboard from the command-line)
  2. Host: Type gpg --list-keys and select the 8-letter "pub" key you used for PPA signing, e.g. if the output is pub 2048D/ABCD0123 2012-05-02, you want ABCD0123.
  3. Host: Type gpg -a --export ABCD0123 | xclip
  4. VM: Type xclip -o | gpg --import, to add your public key.
  5. Host: Type gpg -a --export-secret-key ABCD0123 | xclip
  6. VM: Type xclip -o | gpg --allow-secret-key-import, to add your private key.

That's it!

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