-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 For some of us relatively new Ubuntu Linux users installing the latest gnupg can be a challenge. I usually end up putting Ubuntu into some strange state before everything works. I propose a method to help us newbies. Successful installation steps on a brand new Oracle VM VirtualBox installation of Ubuntu 14.04 should be published. A new install has no non-standard libraries etc and so should be reproducible for everyone starting from scratch. Working in a virtual environment doesn't mess up your normal installation and you can save various stages to try something new. As an example here is what is required on a new Ubuntu install for Gnupg 2.0.25:
1. Download, unpack, and verify: libgpg-error-1.13, libgcrypt-1.6.1, libassuan-2.1.1, libksba-1.3.0, pth-2.0.7 2. cd new directory, ./configure, make, sudo make install, make check; each of above in order 3. sudo apt-get install gtk+-2.0 4. Download, unpack, verify: pinentry-0.8.3, do the steps in 2 for pinentry only 5. Download, unpack, verify: Gnupg-2.0.25 6. Do step 2 for Gnupg-2.0.25 only 6. This is garaunteed to pass all 28 tests on a virgin install of Ubuntu 14.04 and should work on your actual working Ubuntu install with other versions of Gnupg present. Now I ask the help of the group. I have been unsuccessful in doing the same for the beta version of Gnupg-2.1. Simply installing npth, libpg-error, libgcrypt, libksba, and libassuan does not even come close to succeeding. npth requires LDAP that requires something called BerkelyDB that seems to be satisfied by sudo apt-get install libdb-dev, libdb++-dev (I think). Even then the compile limps along and fails 27/29 tests. If anyone has succeeded in doing this reproducibly on a virgin Ubuntu install I would appreciate seeing the detailed steps (and I'm sure others would too). Hopefully yours, Sandy -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iJwEAQECAAYFAlPoTPoACgkQUVKxkWZz2Q1YrgP/ZYW/N9FwspI47k7b2K3XfjeG vhp5yS6GJygUGPNkhl849yjMQ65dIRmGBMiHJE8Eb8+B9VSm7UbpgLRDz/GeTERm OhStGvxGsS7Xh4YHN9Zwu0l2UbR2F1DzK3UFI1U8ZFcuxFAFxwjhNYQWU7DlTRes CXpQbIa8ovn7Fd4V5b8= =PgmO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
