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* 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]

Revision as of 05:54, 16 May 2015

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

do this first, then we'll build

  • Get the latest stable version of gpg 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 here