1 The GNU Privacy Guard 2
2 =========================
5 Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
6 2006, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
12 GnuPG is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage. It can
13 be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures. It includes
14 an advanced key management facility and is compliant with the proposed
15 OpenPGP Internet standard as described in RFC2440 and the S/MIME
16 standard as described by several RFCs.
18 GnuPG is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
19 License. See the file COPYING for details. GnuPG works best on
20 GNU/Linux or *BSD systems. Most other Unices are also supported but
21 are not as well tested as the Free Unices.
23 GnuPG 2.0 is the stable version of GnuPG integrating support for
24 OpenPGP and S/MIME. It does not conflict with an installed 1.4
32 GnuPG 2.0 depends on the following packages:
34 libgpg-error (ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/)
35 libgcrypt (ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/)
36 libksba (ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libksba/)
37 libassuan (ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libassuan/)
39 You also need the Pinentry package for most function of GnuPG; however
40 it is not a build requirement. Pinentry is available at
41 ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/pinentry/ .
43 You should get the latest versions of course, the GnuPG configure
44 script complains if a version is not sufficient.
46 After building and installing the above packages in the order as given
47 above, you may now continue with GnuPG installation (you may also just
48 try to build GnuPG to see whether your already installed versions are
51 As with all packages, you just have to do
57 (Before doing install you might need to become root.)
59 If everything succeeds, you have a working GnuPG with support for
60 S/MIME and smartcards. Note that there is no binary gpg but a gpg2 so
61 that this package won't conflict with a GnuPG 1.4 installation. gpg2
62 behaves just like gpg.
64 In case of problem please ask on gnupg-users@gnupg.org for advise. Note
65 that this release is only expected to build on GNU and *BSD systems.
67 Note that the PKITS tests are always skipped unless you copy the PKITS
68 test data file into the tests/pkits directory.
74 The complete documentation is in the texinfo manual named
75 `gnupg.info'. Run "info gnupg" to read it. If you want a a printable
76 copy of the manual, change to the "doc" directory and enter "make pdf"
77 For a HTML version enter "make html" and point your browser to
78 gnupg.html/index.html. Standard man pages for all components are
79 provided as well. An online version of the manual is available at
80 http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg/ . A version of the
81 manual pertaining to the current development snapshot is at
82 http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/manuals/gnupg-devel/ .
85 GNUPG 1.4 AND GNUPG 2.0
86 =======================
88 GnuPG 2.0 is a newer version of GnuPG with additional support for
89 S/MIME. It has a different design philosophy that splits
90 functionality up into several modules. Both versions may be installed
91 simultaneously without any conflict (gpg is called gpg2 in GnuPG 2).
92 In fact, the gpg version from GnuPG 1.4 is able to make use of the
93 gpg-agent as included in GnuPG 2 and allows for seamless passphrase
94 caching. The advantage of GnuPG 1.4 is its smaller size and no
95 dependency on other modules at run and build time.
98 HOW TO GET MORE INFORMATION
99 ===========================
101 The primary WWW page is "http://www.gnupg.org"
102 The primary FTP site is "ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/"
104 See http://www.gnupg.org/download/mirrors.html for a list of mirrors
105 and use them if possible. You may also find GnuPG mirrored on some of
106 the regular GNU mirrors.
108 We have some mailing lists dedicated to GnuPG:
110 gnupg-announce@gnupg.org For important announcements like new
111 versions and such stuff. This is a
112 moderated list and has very low traffic.
113 Do not post to this list.
115 gnupg-users@gnupg.org For general user discussion and
118 gnupg-de@gnupg.org German speaking counterpart of
121 gnupg-ru@gnupg.org Russian speaking counterpart of
124 gnupg-devel@gnupg.org GnuPG developers main forum.
126 You subscribe to one of the list by sending mail with a subject of
127 "subscribe" to x-request@gnupg.org, where x is the name of the mailing
128 list (gnupg-announce, gnupg-users, etc.). An archive of the mailing
129 lists are available at http://www.gnupg.org/documentation/mailing-lists.html
131 Please direct bug reports to http://bugs.gnupg.org or post them direct
132 to the mailing list <gnupg-devel@gnupg.org>.
134 Please direct questions about GnuPG to the users mailing list or one
135 of the pgp newsgroups; please do not direct questions to one of the
136 authors directly as we are busy working on improvements and bug fixes.
137 The English and German mailing lists are watched by the authors and we
138 try to answer questions when time allows us to do so.
140 Commercial grade support for GnuPG is available; please see
141 http://www.gnupg.org/service.html .
144 This file is Free Software; as a special exception the authors gives
145 unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it, with or without
146 modifications, as long as this notice is preserved. For conditions
147 of the whole package, please see the file COPYING. This file is
148 distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
149 WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even the implied
150 warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.