How to install GPG?

by | Feb 13, 2017 | Data Security, Encryption, PGP and GPG, Privacy

How to install GPG

GNU Privacy Guard or GnuPG or GPG is a complete and free implementation of the OpenPGP standard as defined by PGP. GPG can be installed on Windows and Linux following some simple and easy steps. Please find the instructions below on how to install GPG on a system. (What is the difference between PGP, OpenPGP, and GPG?)

How to install GnuPG on Windows?

To install GPG on Windows, you would need to download the latest stable version of GnuPG for Windows and install it. You would also want to install Thunderbird and Enigmail, which will make sending encrypted emails easier.

So, in short:
1. Install the latest stable version of GnuPG for Windows.
2. Install Thunderbird for Windows.
3. Install Enigmail, which is an add-on for Thunderbird. (How to sign and encrypt emails using GPG?)

How to install GnuPG in Linux?

For Linux, if GnuPG is not installed on your system by default, you would need to install a couple of libraries, tools, and optional software packages along with GnuPG.

Here is the list:

1. Install the most recent stable version of GnuPG for Linux.
2. Download the following libraries: Libgpg-error, Libgcrypt, Libksba, Libassuan.
3. You may like to install Pinentrey. Pinentry is a collection of passphrase entry dialogs that is required for almost all usages of the GnuPG stable.
4. GPGME is a standard library to access GnuPG functions from programming languages.
5. GPA is a graphical front-end for GnuPG.
6. Dirmngr is an optional tool for use with GnuPG stable. Please find all the listed items here. Along with all these, you may like to install Thunderbird for Linux and Enigmail for the convenience of using GPG for encryption and decryption of email (How are S/MIME and PGP different from each other in encrypting emails?).

I hope this helps. Readers who want to know more about how different cryptographic algorithms and Public Key Infrastructure work may want to refer to the book “Cryptography And Public Key Infrastructure.”

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Amrita Mitra

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Ms. Amrita Mitra is an author, who has authored the books “Cryptography And Public Key Infrastructure“, “Web Application Vulnerabilities And Prevention“, “A Guide To Cyber Security” and “Phishing: Detection, Analysis And Prevention“. She is also the founder of Asigosec Technologies, the company that owns The Security Buddy.

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