Installing the latest GPG - Revision history

David: note mentioning this is incomplete

2016-09-12T21:41:04Z

note mentioning this is incomplete

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	That said, if you can do it this way, it is better. In particular, the package provided with your favorite GNU/Linux distro., or in MacPorts, may not be the latest. This matters, so get the latest one directly! The instructions for doing so are provided here.		That said, if you can do it this way, it is better. In particular, the package provided with your favorite GNU/Linux distro., or in MacPorts, may not be the latest. This matters, so get the latest one directly! The instructions for doing so are provided here.
			'''CURRENTLY INCOMPLETE'''

	== Downloads ==		== Downloads ==

David at 20:18, 20 July 2016

2016-07-20T20:18:10Z

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	~~The~~ package provided with your favorite GNU/Linux distro., or in MacPorts, may not be the latest. This matters, so get the latest one directly! The instructions for doing so are provided here.		Note: This is a careful way of installing GPG. There are simpler ways to use OpenPGP that are less secure, but may be better for you if you're not comfortable on the command line. For example, you may want to look at [https://mailvelope.com mailvelope] for OpenPGP integration with Gmail.

			That said, if you can do it this way, it is better. In particular, the package provided with your favorite GNU/Linux distro., or in MacPorts, may not be the latest. This matters, so get the latest one directly! The instructions for doing so are provided here.

	== Downloads ==		== Downloads ==

David: /* Verify */

2016-06-17T20:49:48Z

Verify

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	== Verify ==		== Verify ==

	* verify the integrity by issuing this command		* verify the integrity by issuing this command. (This ensures that the file is unchanged from the source, but of course it guarantees nothing about the program itself. Trusting a source is a separate, and tricky question). Continue to check the integrity of the file only if you decide that you trust the maintainers of GPG:
	sha1sum gnupg-2.0.27.tar.bz2		sha1sum gnupg-2.0.27.tar.bz2
	(substitute the name of the file you downloaded for gnupg-2.0.27/tar.bz2 above), and checking the result against the list of checksums [https://www.gnupg.org/download/integrity_check.html here]. If this does not go perfectly, figure out what happened and fix it; '''do not just carry on'''.		(substitute the name of the file you downloaded for gnupg-2.0.27/tar.bz2 above), and checking the result against the list of checksums [https://www.gnupg.org/download/integrity_check.html here]. If this does not go perfectly, figure out what happened and fix it; '''do not just carry on'''.

David at 04:58, 16 November 2015

2015-11-16T04:58:35Z

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	== Downloads ==		== Downloads ==
	'' do this first, then we'll build ''		'' do this first, then we'll build ''

			* Create the install directory, inserting the desired parent directory for the build directory for PARENT_DIR:
			cd PARENT_DIR && mkdir gpg_build

	* Get the latest stable version of gpg [https://www.gnupg.org/download/ here]		* Get the latest stable version of gpg [https://www.gnupg.org/download/ here]
			wget https://www.gnupg.org/download

	== Verify ==		== Verify ==
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	* verify the integrity by issuing this command		* verify the integrity by issuing this command
	sha1sum gnupg-2.0.27.tar.bz2		sha1sum gnupg-2.0.27.tar.bz2
	(substitute the name of the file you downloaded for gnupg-2.0.27/tar.bz2 above), and checking the result against the list of checksums [https://www.gnupg.org/download/integrity_check.html here]		(substitute the name of the file you downloaded for gnupg-2.0.27/tar.bz2 above), and checking the result against the list of checksums [https://www.gnupg.org/download/integrity_check.html here]. If this does not go perfectly, figure out what happened and fix it; '''do not just carry on'''.

			== Expand and Build ==

			* To expand the archive, do
			tar xjvf gnupg-2.0.27.tar.bz2

David: /* Downloads */

2015-05-16T05:54:09Z

Downloads

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	'' do this first, then we'll build ''		'' do this first, then we'll build ''

	* Get [~~ftp~~://~~ftp~~.gnupg.org/~~gcrypt/gnupg~~/gnupg-2.0.27.tar.bz2 the ~~archive]~~ and ~~also~~ [~~ftp~~://~~ftp~~.gnupg.org/~~gcrypt~~/~~gnupg/gnupg-2~~.~~0.27.tar.bz2.sig the signature~~]		* Get the latest stable version of gpg [https://www.gnupg.org/download/ here]

			== Verify ==

			* verify the integrity by issuing this command
			sha1sum gnupg-2.0.27.tar.bz2
			(substitute the name of the file you downloaded for gnupg-2.0.27/tar.bz2 above), and checking the result against the list of checksums [https://www.gnupg.org/download/integrity_check.html here]

David: /* Downloads */

2015-05-16T05:50:56Z

Downloads

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	'' do this first, then we'll build ''		'' do this first, then we'll build ''

	* Get [~~https~~://~~www~~.gnupg.org/~~download~~/ ~~GnuPG~~]		* Get [ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.0.27.tar.bz2 the archive] and also [ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.0.27.tar.bz2.sig the signature]

David at 05:41, 16 May 2015

2015-05-16T05:41:25Z

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	~~Holy smokes it's been a pain to sort out~~, ~~but for you~~, ~~with this guide~~, ~~it should be easier~~.		The package provided with your favorite GNU/Linux distro., or in MacPorts, may not be the latest. This matters, so get the latest one directly! The instructions for doing so are provided here.

	== Downloads ==		== Downloads ==

David: Created page with "Holy smokes it's been a pain to sort out, but for you, with this guide, it should be easier. == Downloads == '' do this first, then we'll build '' * Get [https://www.gnupg.o..."

2015-04-20T18:38:05Z

Created page with "Holy smokes it's been a pain to sort out, but for you, with this guide, it should be easier. == Downloads == '' do this first, then we'll build '' * Get [https://www.gnupg.o..."

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Holy smokes it's been a pain to sort out, but for you, with this guide, it should be easier.

== Downloads ==
'' do this first, then we'll build ''

* Get [https://www.gnupg.org/download/ GnuPG]