Lib\idea could not be found error - Follow-up

Servie Platon servie_tech at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 24 18:44:53 CET 2005


> Hello Venona and co-gpg gurus,
> 
> Thank you very much for the help.
> 
> --- venona at gmx.ch wrote:
> > Hello Servie,
> > 
> > > Home: C:/Documents and
> Settings/servie/Application
> > > Data/GnuPG
> > > Supported algorithms:
> > > Pubkey: RSA, RSA-E, RSA-S, ELG-E, DSA
> > > gpg: LoadLibrary failed: The system cannot find
> > the
> > > file specified.
> > > 
> > > gpg: invalid module `Lib\idea': The specified
> > module
> > > could not be found.
> > 
> > Firstly,  download the IDEA library from 
> > ftp://ftp.gnupg.dk/pub/contrib-dk/ideadll.zip
> > 
> 
> Did this step and downloaded the idea.dll.zip file.
> 
> > Next, create directory named "lib" in the above
> > HomeDir
> > and unzip idea.dll to the directory "lib" you
> > created.
> > 
> 
> Did this step too...
> 
> > Lastly,  write the line "load-extension lib\idea"
> > (without
> > quotation) in your configuration file gpg.conf.
> > 
> > Do't forget to hit ENTER at the end of the line
> > mentioned above.
> > 
> > Then gpg.exe will show the message "Cipher: IDEA,
> > ..." 
> > when you type the command "gpg --version" in the 
> > command prompt.
> > 
> And finally, followed these religiously. But, I
> still
> got this error message below.
> 
> C:\Documents and Settings\servie>gpg --version
> gpg: C:/Documents and Settings/servie/Application
> Data/GnuPG\gpg.conf:5: i
> nvalid option
> gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.0
> Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> This is free software, and you are welcome to
> redistribute it
> under certain conditions. See the file COPYING for
> details.
> 
> Home: C:/Documents and Settings/servie/Application
> Data/GnuPG
> Supported algorithms:
> Pubkey: RSA, RSA-E, RSA-S, ELG-E, DSA
> gpg: LoadLibrary failed: The system cannot find the
> file specified.
> 
> gpg: invalid module `lib\idea': The specified module
> could not be found.
> 
> Cipher: 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256,
> TWOFISH
> Hash: MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512
> Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2
> 
> C:\Documents and Settings\servie>
> 
> Does the invalid option on :5 mean that there seems
> to
> be a syntax error on line 5 of my gpg.conf file?
> 
> For the complete steps, these what I have done so
> far:
> 
> 1. Created an installation folder in C:\Program
> Files\GnuPG directory.
> 
> 2. Created in home directory, a GnuPG folder in C:\
> Documents and Settings\servie\Application Data
> 
> 3. Extracted the GnuPG zip file and its contents to
> C:\Program Files\GnuPG from the GnuPG ftp site.
> 
> 4. Made two subdirectories Doc and Locale. Moved all
> .mo files into the Locale directory and everything
> left except for .exe files to the Doc directory.
> 
> 5. Unzip the libiconv-1.9.1.dll.zip file and placed
> it
> in the C:\Program Files\GnuPG
> 
> 6. Modified the path by going to Start-Control
> Panel-System-Advanced-Environment Variables and
> edited
> the path variable under system variables and added
> ;C:\Program Files\GnuPG
> 
> 7. Created registry entries (gnupg_xp.reg) and
> pasted
> it in the GnuPG home directory where I modified the
> user entry in the HomeDir and OptFile lines with the
> name servie as user for this profile. Run the
> gnupg_xp.reg by double clicking it.
> 
> 8. Created gpg.conf file in Homedir of servie
> wherein
> I have added the entry line load-extension Lib\idea
> 
> 9. Test if it works by typing in gpg --version and
> got
> the error above.
> 
> 10. Created C:\Documents and
> Settings\servie\Application Data\GnuPG\Lib directory
> wherein it has the idea .dll file downloaded as
> suggested.
> 
> 11. Test if it works this time by issuing the
> command
> gpg --version and still got the same error.
> 
> Based from the above steps I made, what would be the
> possible cause of gpg not working? Is it on the
> syntax
> on one of the gpg file or registry files created or
> are there steps unturned that I may have missed out?
> 
> Hoping for remedies for this problem from gpg or
> gnupg
> experts.
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Servie
> 
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