[Cannot install 2.5.7 in noble]

[Jakob Bohm]

Dear Mr. Brauer


On 18/02/2026 15:02, Uwe Brauer via Gnupg-users wrote:
>>>> "WKvG" == Werner Koch via Gnupg-users <gnupg-users at gnupg.org> writes:
>> On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:52, Uwe Brauer said:
>>> gpgsm (GnuPG) 2.4.4
>> That is pretty old.  Please use the latest version - at least of 2.4 but
>> better the new stable 2.5 version 2.5.7.  We have Debian packages
>> available for https://repos.gnupg.org/deb/gnupg/ and the fingerprint of
>> the signing key is listed with all release notes.
> Hi
>
> I followed the instructions https://repos.gnupg.org/deb/gnupg/noble/
>
> But the last step
>
> sudo apt-get install gnupg2
>
> Returns:
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   gnupg2 : Depends: gnupg (>= 2.5.17-1) but 2.4.4-2ubuntu17.4 is to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
This seems more like an apt/dpkg problem than a gnupg problem, but
since you encountered this using an official gnupg repository, it
may still be on topic here.

 From my experience using apt/dpkg, I see too likely possibilities:

A: the Gnupg repository for noble does not include a gnupg package
new enough to satisfy the the "Depends" line in the gnupg2 package
in that same repository, if so that would be a problem for the
g10code people that manage repos.gnupg.org .

B: Some subtle bug/misfeature in apt itself causes it to try to
install a gnupg package from the Ubuntu repository instead of the
new one from the Gnupg repository.  If so, you need to explicitly
request the correct gnupg package with a command such as:

$ sudo apt-get install gnupg=2.5.17-1

(Add version numbers for related packages such as dirmngr etc. if you
keep getting similar errors for those)

Enjoy

Jakob
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