GPG guide: digitalize page 3.

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to make it the primary UID again.
Now you can exit from GPG with
> quit
and confirm to save changes with
> y
#### Step 1: Importing old key
You can import your old private key same way as you import public keys. This means:
> gpg2 --import key.asc
Where key.asc is the file, which contains the (private) key(s)
### Step 2: backing up the key
You need to know your keyid. I told you how to get it in "Adding new uids". To back up your private key, run
> gpg2 --export-secret-keys -a KEYID
and save the output of that command to file. If you are on Linux or Mac OS X, you can forward the output directly to file, with
> gpg2 --export-secret-keys -a KEYID > privatekey.asc
The previous command creates a file called "privatekey.asc", which contains the output of the first command.
### Step 3: Configuring gpg(2)
WRITE THIS LATER WITH COMPUTER!
### Step 4: Sharing your public key
There are two ways to share your key. I personally use and recommend them both.
### Without keyservers
If you have homepage, it's recommended that you put your key there. My key can be found