Blimey – this was way harder than it should have been…
OK – I just want to be able to quickly encrypt/decrypt passwords – and to be able to encrypt the password using other people’s public GPG keys – should be easy!
First – make sure the keys have been imported OK. First problem – if you use the standard Seahorse key manager the keys may be imported – but they won’t show. Use the command line with gpg2 to import the keys – for example:
$ gpg2 –import username_gpg.asc
Import all the keys you want to encrypt/decrypt with. Ususally this is your own private/public key pair – and the public GPG keys of other users. Importantly, make sure you can see the keys in Seahorse.
The problem with Seahorse importing keys is logged at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/1577198
Now install Geany and its GPG plugin – honestly – it’s the best way – gedit won’t work!
# apt-get install geany geany-plugin-pg
Geany is very lightweight – so it doesn’t feel like its bloating your system up.
Go to Tools – Plugin Manager and enable the GeanyPG plugin.
Then – use an editor to decrypt/encrypt. The options are under Tools – GeanyPG.
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