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Fixing typos (gopasspw#1834)
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Thanks to Roel Van de Paar

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Signed-off-by: Yolan Romailler <yolan@romailler.ch>
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#### Ubuntu & Debian

```bash
apt-get install gnupg git rng-tools
apt-get install gnupg2 git rng-tools
```

_Note:_ installing in Ubuntu 16.04 will require you to install `gnupg2`.
_Note:_ installing on Ubuntu prior to 16.04 and similarly old Debian versions might require you to install `gnupg` instead of `gnupg2`.

#### RHEL & CentOS

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If there is no output, then you don't have any keys. To create a new key:

```bash
gpg --gen-key
```

For macOS you have to use the following to get all options
```bash
gpg --full-generate-key
```
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git add foo
git commit -S -m "test"
```

Here the `-S` flag will sign your commit using GPG, allowing you to test your GPG setup with git.
If the last step fails please investigate this before continuing.

Also if you have both `gnupg` and `gnupg2` installed, make sure to use the latter in git:
```bash
git config --global gpg.program gpg2
```

## Installation Steps

Depending on your operating system, you can either use a package manager, download a pre-built binary, or install from source. If you have a working Go development environment, we recommend building from source.
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Alternatively, you can install gopass from the appropriate Darwin release from the repository [releases page](https://github.com/gopasspw/gopass/releases).

If you're using a password on your gpg key, you also have to install pinentry-mac from brew and configure it in your ~/gpg/gpg-agent.conf
If you're using a password on your GPG key, you also have to install `pinentry-mac` from brew and configure it in your `~/gpg/gpg-agent.conf`:

```bash
brew install pinentry-mac
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### Storing and Syncing your Password Store with Google Drive / Dropbox / etc.

Please be warned that using cloud-based storage may negatively impact to confidentially of your store. However, if you wish to use one of these services, you can do so.
The recommended way to use Gopass is to sync your store with a git repository, preferably a private one, since the name and path of your secrets might reveal information that you'd prefer to keep private.
However, shall you prefer to, you might also use the `noop` storage backend that is meant to store data on a cloud provider instead of a git server.

Please be warned that using cloud-based storage may negatively impact the confidentiality of your store. However, if you wish to use one of these services, you can do so.

For example, to use gopass with [Google Drive](https://drive.google.com):

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