GnuPG in Linux... a little help for a Windoze user?

[AthlonRob]

> verification, not with key management.  There are some front ends that
> will enable you to keep your keyrings up to date, Seahorse and
> Geheimnis amongst them and they are useful to have about, but not
> all-embracing.....

Geheimnis refuses to compile here!  IT IS DRIVING ME INSANE!  ./configure
refuses to use whatever default C++ compiler Slackware comes with.  I think
it comes with g++... but could be mistaken.  Either way, it refuses to use
it.

I'm currently *trying* to work with GPA.  Not having much luck.  I really
really really want to import my entire keyring from PGP to GPG, but am
thinking that isn't possible.  If I can't do that, I would at least like to
be able to import my private keys... but heck, I can't even do that.

Nevermind, just got that working (manually, from the command line, importing
private keys)... things are looking up a bit.

I love this stuff!  :-)

Rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Todd" <graham.todd@ntlworld.com>
To: <gnupg-users@gnupg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: GnuPG in Linux... a little help for a Windoze user?


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> On Saturday 16 March 2002 12:13 am, you uttered these words of widom
> regarding GnuPG in Linux... a little help for a Windoze user?:
>
> > Hey everybody-
> >
> [snipped]
> >
> > After reading for a day now, I'm seeing almost everybody uses
> > Windows.  Does anybody have any advice for places to look for a
> > PGP-like solution for Linux and information on how exactly to use it?
> >
> > I'd really appreciate some direction  :-)
> >
> > Rob
>
> The latest version of PGP that has been released for Linux is PGP
> 6.5.8, and then only for the commandline.  GPG is also a commandline
> program.  In fact, there is nothing in Linux approaching the
> flexibility and functions of PGP with the GUI (nor may I add, I've not
> come across anything even approaching GPGShell [a Windows front end for
> GPG] in Linux).
>
> The reason for this is mainly the key management functions, which are
> (sadly) missing from most front ends in Linux, and the ability to
> encrypt/sign/decrypt/verify text in a window having the focus.
>
> The nearest thing that there is to it is to use an emailer like Kmail,
> Evolution, or Xfmail with built in support for PGP and GPG, but of
> course these will only deal with encryption/ signing/ decryption/
> verification, not with key management.  There are some front ends that
> will enable you to keep your keyrings up to date, Seahorse and
> Geheimnis amongst them and they are useful to have about, but not
> all-embracing.....
> - --
>
> Graham
>
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