delete key failed: eof gpg
 

Hi-

Please see the error below:

Can I reset my gpg? Is this the only key from multibit in my system, and I if I delete it, I won't wreck something else? I am getting an error. I was fooling around and I added this key, and now it won't work.

I'd like the quickest and safe way to get rid of this error that works. I don't use pgp for anything else that I know of. I wil spend time studying it maybe later on this weekend but for right now I'd like a little help fixing or getting past this error {PLEASE!}. In Yast with SuSe it used to ask about keys when I added repositories. I don't come across that question in Ubuntu very much. Does Ubuntu use something else to manage keys with repositories?

Multibit is a java application for bitcoin.
I deleted the multibit software from my computer as I was taking a look a how bitcoin works but don't care to use bitcoin.

myunameq@ubuntu:~$ gpg --list-keys


pub 2048R/29G8D572 2012-12-30 [expires: 2016-12-30]
uid Jim Burton (multibit.org developer) <jim618@fastmail.co.uk>
sub 2048R/23F4B37B 2012-12-30 [expires: 2016-12-30]

myunameq@ubuntu:~$ gpg --delete-secret-key 29G8D572

gpg: key "29G8D572" not found: eof

THANKS for any assistance!
jim

Hi-

Is it okay to delete the hidden folder for gpg in my home account in Ubuntu and reinstall GPG? Is GPG used for anything else on my system? I worry about the keys for the repositories in ubuntu. What system do they use?

I had to run an errand but came back, and now I am reading about GPG.

Please let me know whether I need to worry about reinstalling per above in this thread.

thanks

Hi-

I solved my problem. I used seahorse gui and it deleted the key. It took 10 seconds. Now I don't have to try to reinstall. Very cool. I am going to stick to the tutorials from now on with keys. No sleep walk clicking on any button.

Thanks!

For future reference, I think the problem is that you used the public key id, with --delete-secret-key.

okay. oops....that helps.
I started to hit the gpg tutorial sites and do more reading.
I never should have fooled with gpg until I did some reading first.
After I downloaded the bitcoin software, I should have stopped
eveything and studied gpg until I knew how to verify the download.
thanks!