How can import private key and certificate to seahorse in Ubuntu 18.04












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I'm trying to import a certificate into seahorse/gnome-keyring on Ubuntu 18.04, but the seahorse gui application won't let me, the 'import' button is greyed out:



Screenshot



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As seen in the screenshot, mouse hovering the "import" button shows the message "Cannot import because there are no compatible importers".



How can I fix it to be able to import certificates and keys to seahorse?



Because that problem, I'm currently unable to digitally sign documents with LibreOffice.



This problem doesn't occur on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, as I've just tested on my wife's laptop, it happens only in my Laptop with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.



Thanks.










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    Sounds like a bug report.

    – user68186
    May 17 '18 at 18:58






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    Yes, it looks like a bug, so I reported it at Launchpad: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/1771880 . Anyway, I still look for a possible workaround.

    – Angelo
    May 17 '18 at 19:42













  • You did the right things. Bug reports are off-topic here.

    – user68186
    May 17 '18 at 19:44











  • I tried the import function in seahorse in Ubuntu 18.04 today, after an update of seahorse that came today. I don't know if it was the update or not, but the import of the gpg file went through without any problem.

    – user68186
    May 18 '18 at 15:27











  • Actually the files that I had problem to import were digital signature certificate .cer, .crt and .p12, all of them failed to import, though I haven't tried to import .gpg keys.

    – Angelo
    May 18 '18 at 17:08
















6















I'm trying to import a certificate into seahorse/gnome-keyring on Ubuntu 18.04, but the seahorse gui application won't let me, the 'import' button is greyed out:



Screenshot



enter image description here



As seen in the screenshot, mouse hovering the "import" button shows the message "Cannot import because there are no compatible importers".



How can I fix it to be able to import certificates and keys to seahorse?



Because that problem, I'm currently unable to digitally sign documents with LibreOffice.



This problem doesn't occur on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, as I've just tested on my wife's laptop, it happens only in my Laptop with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.



Thanks.










share|improve this question




















  • 2





    Sounds like a bug report.

    – user68186
    May 17 '18 at 18:58






  • 2





    Yes, it looks like a bug, so I reported it at Launchpad: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/1771880 . Anyway, I still look for a possible workaround.

    – Angelo
    May 17 '18 at 19:42













  • You did the right things. Bug reports are off-topic here.

    – user68186
    May 17 '18 at 19:44











  • I tried the import function in seahorse in Ubuntu 18.04 today, after an update of seahorse that came today. I don't know if it was the update or not, but the import of the gpg file went through without any problem.

    – user68186
    May 18 '18 at 15:27











  • Actually the files that I had problem to import were digital signature certificate .cer, .crt and .p12, all of them failed to import, though I haven't tried to import .gpg keys.

    – Angelo
    May 18 '18 at 17:08














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I'm trying to import a certificate into seahorse/gnome-keyring on Ubuntu 18.04, but the seahorse gui application won't let me, the 'import' button is greyed out:



Screenshot



enter image description here



As seen in the screenshot, mouse hovering the "import" button shows the message "Cannot import because there are no compatible importers".



How can I fix it to be able to import certificates and keys to seahorse?



Because that problem, I'm currently unable to digitally sign documents with LibreOffice.



This problem doesn't occur on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, as I've just tested on my wife's laptop, it happens only in my Laptop with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.



Thanks.










share|improve this question
















I'm trying to import a certificate into seahorse/gnome-keyring on Ubuntu 18.04, but the seahorse gui application won't let me, the 'import' button is greyed out:



Screenshot



enter image description here



As seen in the screenshot, mouse hovering the "import" button shows the message "Cannot import because there are no compatible importers".



How can I fix it to be able to import certificates and keys to seahorse?



Because that problem, I'm currently unable to digitally sign documents with LibreOffice.



This problem doesn't occur on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, as I've just tested on my wife's laptop, it happens only in my Laptop with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.



Thanks.







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  • 2





    Sounds like a bug report.

    – user68186
    May 17 '18 at 18:58






  • 2





    Yes, it looks like a bug, so I reported it at Launchpad: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/1771880 . Anyway, I still look for a possible workaround.

    – Angelo
    May 17 '18 at 19:42













  • You did the right things. Bug reports are off-topic here.

    – user68186
    May 17 '18 at 19:44











  • I tried the import function in seahorse in Ubuntu 18.04 today, after an update of seahorse that came today. I don't know if it was the update or not, but the import of the gpg file went through without any problem.

    – user68186
    May 18 '18 at 15:27











  • Actually the files that I had problem to import were digital signature certificate .cer, .crt and .p12, all of them failed to import, though I haven't tried to import .gpg keys.

    – Angelo
    May 18 '18 at 17:08














  • 2





    Sounds like a bug report.

    – user68186
    May 17 '18 at 18:58






  • 2





    Yes, it looks like a bug, so I reported it at Launchpad: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/1771880 . Anyway, I still look for a possible workaround.

    – Angelo
    May 17 '18 at 19:42













  • You did the right things. Bug reports are off-topic here.

    – user68186
    May 17 '18 at 19:44











  • I tried the import function in seahorse in Ubuntu 18.04 today, after an update of seahorse that came today. I don't know if it was the update or not, but the import of the gpg file went through without any problem.

    – user68186
    May 18 '18 at 15:27











  • Actually the files that I had problem to import were digital signature certificate .cer, .crt and .p12, all of them failed to import, though I haven't tried to import .gpg keys.

    – Angelo
    May 18 '18 at 17:08








2




2





Sounds like a bug report.

– user68186
May 17 '18 at 18:58





Sounds like a bug report.

– user68186
May 17 '18 at 18:58




2




2





Yes, it looks like a bug, so I reported it at Launchpad: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/1771880 . Anyway, I still look for a possible workaround.

– Angelo
May 17 '18 at 19:42







Yes, it looks like a bug, so I reported it at Launchpad: bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/seahorse/+bug/1771880 . Anyway, I still look for a possible workaround.

– Angelo
May 17 '18 at 19:42















You did the right things. Bug reports are off-topic here.

– user68186
May 17 '18 at 19:44





You did the right things. Bug reports are off-topic here.

– user68186
May 17 '18 at 19:44













I tried the import function in seahorse in Ubuntu 18.04 today, after an update of seahorse that came today. I don't know if it was the update or not, but the import of the gpg file went through without any problem.

– user68186
May 18 '18 at 15:27





I tried the import function in seahorse in Ubuntu 18.04 today, after an update of seahorse that came today. I don't know if it was the update or not, but the import of the gpg file went through without any problem.

– user68186
May 18 '18 at 15:27













Actually the files that I had problem to import were digital signature certificate .cer, .crt and .p12, all of them failed to import, though I haven't tried to import .gpg keys.

– Angelo
May 18 '18 at 17:08





Actually the files that I had problem to import were digital signature certificate .cer, .crt and .p12, all of them failed to import, though I haven't tried to import .gpg keys.

– Angelo
May 18 '18 at 17:08










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I had exactly the same problem importing my SSH private key to Seahorse in Ubuntu 18.04.



Apparently it also needs the pubkey in the same directory. If you don't have it, you can generate it using your private key:



ssh-keygen -y -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa > ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub


It will import it automatically the first time you use your key.






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    I had exactly the same problem importing my SSH private key to Seahorse in Ubuntu 18.04.



    Apparently it also needs the pubkey in the same directory. If you don't have it, you can generate it using your private key:



    ssh-keygen -y -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa > ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub


    It will import it automatically the first time you use your key.






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      I had exactly the same problem importing my SSH private key to Seahorse in Ubuntu 18.04.



      Apparently it also needs the pubkey in the same directory. If you don't have it, you can generate it using your private key:



      ssh-keygen -y -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa > ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub


      It will import it automatically the first time you use your key.






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        I had exactly the same problem importing my SSH private key to Seahorse in Ubuntu 18.04.



        Apparently it also needs the pubkey in the same directory. If you don't have it, you can generate it using your private key:



        ssh-keygen -y -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa > ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub


        It will import it automatically the first time you use your key.






        share|improve this answer















        I had exactly the same problem importing my SSH private key to Seahorse in Ubuntu 18.04.



        Apparently it also needs the pubkey in the same directory. If you don't have it, you can generate it using your private key:



        ssh-keygen -y -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa > ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub


        It will import it automatically the first time you use your key.







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