Installing GPG on W2K
Ping Kam
pkam@quikcard.com
Thu May 9 21:37:01 2002
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Hi:
According to the Readme.w32 after unzipping the download, the installation simply copy the gpg.exe to a directory when we store the binaries (which I assume any directory on the path) and create a directory 'c:\gnupg'.
So I copy the gpg.exe to my local machine and create the 'c:\gnupg' directory. Then I follow the installation instruction, start a command window, change directory to where the gpg.exe resides and type gpg and I see a prompt
gpg: Go ahead and type your message ...
So I type something but nothing happens, I type more and still nothing happens. I wait for a few minutes and nothing happens. Is this normal?
So I read the handbook, create a keypair, export the public key, import public key from somebody else. Edit, fingerprint, sign, and check the imported key. I can even decrypt files encrypted with my public key and encrypt file using their public key. But I am not sure if gpg is installed properly.
Thanks,
Ping Kam
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>According to the Readme.w32 after unzipping the
download, the installation simply copy the gpg.exe to a directory when we store
the binaries (which I assume any directory on the path) and create a
directory 'c:\gnupg'.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So I copy the gpg.exe to my local machine and
create the 'c:\gnupg' directory. Then I follow the installation
instruction, start a command window, change directory to where the gpg.exe
resides and type gpg and I see a prompt</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>gpg: Go ahead and type your message
...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So I type something but nothing happens, I type
more and still nothing happens. I wait for a few minutes and nothing
happens. Is this normal? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So I read the handbook, create a keypair, export
the public key, import public key from somebody else. Edit, fingerprint,
sign, and check the imported key. I can even decrypt files encrypted with
my public key and encrypt file using their public key. But I am not sure
if gpg is installed properly.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ping Kam</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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