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+ The GNU Privacy Guard 2
+ =========================
+ Version 2.2
+
+ Copyright 1997-2019 Werner Koch
+ Copyright 1998-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright 2003-2022 g10 Code GmbH
+
+
+* INTRODUCTION
+
+ GnuPG is a complete and free implementation of the OpenPGP standard
+ as defined by RFC4880 (also known as PGP). GnuPG enables encryption
+ and signing of data and communication, and features a versatile key
+ management system as well as access modules for public key
+ directories.
+
+ GnuPG, also known as GPG, is a command line tool with features for
+ easy integration with other applications. A wealth of frontend
+ applications and libraries are available that make use of GnuPG.
+ Starting with version 2 GnuPG provides support for S/MIME and Secure
+ Shell in addition to OpenPGP.
+
+ GnuPG is Free Software (meaning that it respects your freedom). It
+ can be freely used, modified and distributed under the terms of the
+ GNU General Public License.
+
+ Note that the 2.0 series of GnuPG reached end-of-life on 2017-12-31.
+ It is not possible to install a 2.2.x version along with any 2.0.x
+ version.
+
+* BUILD INSTRUCTIONS
+
+ GnuPG 2.2 depends on the following GnuPG related packages:
+
+ npth (https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/npth/)
+ libgpg-error (https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgpg-error/)
+ libgcrypt (https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgcrypt/)
+ libksba (https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libksba/)
+ libassuan (https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libassuan/)
+
+ You should get the latest versions of course, the GnuPG configure
+ script complains if a version is not sufficient.
+
+ For some advanced features several other libraries are required.
+ The configure script prints diagnostic messages if one of these
+ libraries is not available and a feature will not be available..
+
+ You also need the Pinentry package for most functions of GnuPG;
+ however it is not a build requirement. Pinentry is available at
+ https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/pinentry/ .
+
+ After building and installing the above packages in the order as
+ given above, you may continue with GnuPG installation (you may also
+ just try to build GnuPG to see whether your already installed
+ versions are sufficient).
+
+ As with all packages, you just have to do
+
+ ./configure
+ make
+ make check
+ make install
+
+ The "make check" is optional but highly recommended. To run even
+ more tests you may add "--enable-all-tests" to the configure run.
+ Before running the "make install" you might need to become root.
+
+ If everything succeeds, you have a working GnuPG with support for
+ OpenPGP, S/MIME, ssh-agent, and smartcards. Note that there is no
+ binary gpg but a gpg2 so that this package won't conflict with a
+ GnuPG 1.4 installation. gpg2 behaves just like gpg.
+
+ In case of problem please ask on the gnupg-users@gnupg.org mailing
+ list for advise.
+
+ Instruction on how to build for Windows can be found in the file
+ doc/HACKING in the section "How to build an installer for Windows".
+ This requires some experience as developer.
+
+ Note that the PKITS tests are always skipped unless you copy the
+ PKITS test data file into the tests/pkits directory. There is no
+ need to run these test and some of them may even fail because the
+ test scripts are not yet complete.
+
+ You may run
+
+ gpgconf --list-dirs
+
+ to view the default directories used by GnuPG.
+
+ To quickly build all required software without installing it, the
+ Speedo method may be used:
+
+ make -f build-aux/speedo.mk native
+
+ This method downloads all required libraries and does a native build
+ of GnuPG to PLAY/inst/. GNU make is required and you need to set
+ LD_LIBRARY_PATH to $(pwd)/PLAY/inst/lib to test the binaries.
+
+** Specific build problems on some machines:
+
+*** Apple OSX 10.x using XCode
+
+ On some versions the correct location of a header file can't be
+ detected by configure. To fix that you should run configure like
+ this
+
+ ./configure gl_cv_absolute_stdint_h=/usr/include/stdint.h
+
+ Add other options as needed.
+
+
+*** Systems without a full C99 compiler
+
+ If you run into problems with your compiler complaining about dns.c
+ you may use
+
+ ./configure --disable-libdns
+
+ Add other options as needed.
+
+* MIGRATION from 1.4 or 2.0 to 2.2
+
+ The major change in 2.2 is gpg-agent taking care of the OpenPGP
+ secret keys (those managed by GPG). The former file "secring.gpg"
+ will not be used anymore. Newly generated keys are stored in the
+ agent's key store directory "~/.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d/". The
+ first time gpg needs a secret key it checks whether a "secring.gpg"
+ exists and copies them to the new store. The old secring.gpg is
+ kept for use by older versions of gpg.
+
+ Note that gpg-agent now uses a fixed socket. All tools will start
+ the gpg-agent as needed. The formerly used environment variable
+ GPG_AGENT_INFO is ignored by 2.2. The SSH_AUTH_SOCK environment
+ variable should be set to a fixed value.
+
+ The Dirmngr is now part of GnuPG proper and also used to access
+ OpenPGP keyservers. The directory layout of Dirmngr changed to make
+ use of the GnuPG directories. Dirmngr is started by gpg or gpgsm as
+ needed. There is no more need to install a separate Dirmngr package.
+
+ All changes introduced with GnuPG 2.2 have been developed in the 2.1
+ series of releases. See the respective entries in the file NEWS.
+
+* RECOMMENDATIONS
+
+** Socket directory
+
+ GnuPG uses Unix domain sockets to connect its components (on Windows
+ an emulation of these sockets is used). Depending on the type of
+ the file system, it is sometimes not possible to use the GnuPG home
+ directory (i.e. ~/.gnupg) as the location for the sockets. To solve
+ this problem GnuPG prefers the use of a per-user directory below the
+ the /run (or /var/run) hierarchy for the the sockets. It is thus
+ suggested to create per-user directories on system or session
+ startup. For example the following snippet can be used in
+ /etc/rc.local to create these directories:
+
+ [ ! -d /run/user ] && mkdir /run/user
+ awk -F: </etc/passwd '$3 >= 1000 && $3 < 65000 {print $3}' \
+ | ( while read uid rest; do
+ if [ ! -d "/run/user/$uid" ]; then
+ mkdir /run/user/$uid
+ chown $uid /run/user/$uid
+ chmod 700 /run/user/$uid
+ fi
+ done )
+
+* DOCUMENTATION
+
+ The complete documentation is in the texinfo manual named
+ `gnupg.info'. Run "info gnupg" to read it. If you want a a
+ printable copy of the manual, change to the "doc" directory and
+ enter "make pdf" For a HTML version enter "make html" and point your
+ browser to gnupg.html/index.html. Standard man pages for all
+ components are provided as well. An online version of the manual is
+ available at [[https://gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/]] . A
+ version of the manual pertaining to the current development snapshot
+ is at [[https://gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg-devel/]] .
+
+* Installing GnuPG 2.2. and GnuPG 1.4
+
+ GnuPG 2.2 is a current version of GnuPG with state of the art
+ security design and many more features. To install both versions
+ alongside, it is suggested to rename the 1.4 version of "gpg" to
+ "gpg1" as well as the corresponding man page. Newer releases of the
+ 1.4 branch will likely do this by default. In case this is not
+ possible, the 2.2 version can be installed under the name "gpg2"
+ using the configure option --enable-gpg-is-gpg2.
+
+* HOW TO GET MORE INFORMATION
+
+ A description of new features and changes since version 2.1 can be
+ found in the file "doc/whats-new-in-2.1.txt" and online at
+ "https://gnupg.org/faq/whats-new-in-2.1.html" .
+
+ The primary WWW page is "https://gnupg.org"
+ or using Tor "http://ic6au7wa3f6naxjq.onion"
+ The primary FTP site is "https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/"
+
+ See [[https://gnupg.org/download/mirrors.html]] for a list of
+ mirrors and use them if possible. You may also find GnuPG mirrored
+ on some of the regular GNU mirrors.
+
+ We have some mailing lists dedicated to GnuPG:
+
+ gnupg-announce@gnupg.org For important announcements like new
+ versions and such stuff. This is a
+ moderated list and has very low traffic.
+ Do not post to this list.
+
+ gnupg-users@gnupg.org For general user discussion and
+ help (English).
+
+ gnupg-de@gnupg.org German speaking counterpart of
+ gnupg-users.
+
+ gnupg-ru@gnupg.org Russian speaking counterpart of
+ gnupg-users.
+
+ gnupg-devel@gnupg.org GnuPG developers main forum.
+
+ You subscribe to one of the list by sending mail with a subject of
+ "subscribe" to x-request@gnupg.org, where x is the name of the
+ mailing list (gnupg-announce, gnupg-users, etc.). See
+ https://gnupg.org/documentation/mailing-lists.html for archives
+ of the mailing lists.
+
+ Please direct bug reports to [[https://bugs.gnupg.org]] or post them
+ direct to the mailing list <gnupg-devel@gnupg.org>.
+
+ Please direct questions about GnuPG to the users mailing list or one
+ of the PGP newsgroups; please do not direct questions to one of the
+ authors directly as we are busy working on improvements and bug
+ fixes. The English and German mailing lists are watched by the
+ authors and we try to answer questions when time allows us.
+
+ Commercial grade support for GnuPG is available; for a listing of
+ offers see https://gnupg.org/service.html. Maintaining and
+ improving GnuPG requires a lot of time. Since 2001 g10 Code GmbH, a
+ German company owned and headed by GnuPG's principal author Werner
+ Koch and Gpg4win maintainer Andre Heinecke, is bearing the majority
+ of these costs. Under the brand https://gnupg.com g10 Code GmbH
+ does now provide commercial offers. Donations are also appreciated;
+ see https://gnupg.org/donate/ .
+
+
+# This file is Free Software; as a special exception the authors gives
+# unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
+# modifications, as long as this notice is preserved. For conditions
+# of the whole package, please see the file COPYING. This file is
+# distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the implied
+# warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
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