gpg2 --version gpg: Fatal: libgcrypt is too old (need 1.7.0, have 1.6.3)

[David Adamson]

That worked thank you but only for that session and I read that it's
generally not good practice to make that path permanent.

Are you proposing I do this every time I wish to use gpg2?
Is this behavior expected in a successful installation or what did I
do wrong and can I fix it?

Thanks again.

P.S. I am prepared to do fresh install of OS if that would be smart.