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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: numinousgaze on April 12, 2013, 07:46 pm

Title: GnuPG - how in the hell do I use this?
Post by: numinousgaze on April 12, 2013, 07:46 pm
Hey all,

So, I've got just about everything figured out to make my first purchase, but I've hit a bit of a road block.

Right now I'm trying to figure out how to do PGP/GPG encryption, to no avail. I'm running Linux, hence I'm using GnuPG.

I don't even know how to install the damned thing! I've extracted the DL file, but the readme is practically gibberish to me. Take a look:

The simplest way to compile this package is:

  1. `cd' to the directory containing the package's source code and type
     `./configure' to configure the package for your system.  If you're
     using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type
     `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute
     `configure' itself.

     Running `configure' takes awhile.  While running, it prints some
     messages telling which features it is checking for.

  2. Type `make' to compile the package.

  3. Optionally, type `make check' to run any self-tests that come with
     the package.

  4. Type `make install' to install the programs and any data files and
     documentation.

  5. You can remove the program binaries and object files from the
     source code directory by typing `make clean'.  To also remove the
     files that `configure' created (so you can compile the package for
     a different kind of computer), type `make distclean'.  There is
     also a `make maintainer-clean' target, but that is intended mainly
     for the package's developers.  If you use it, you may have to get
     all sorts of other programs in order to regenerate files that came
     with the distribution.

Am I supposed to do all of this in terminal, or what? This is completely new to me. I'd greatly appreciate a link to some kind of tutorial for noobs like myself, because if I can't even install it, how am I supposed to use it for encryption?
Title: Re: GnuPG - how in the hell do I use this?
Post by: J4y on April 12, 2013, 07:55 pm
READ UP. IT DOESN'T WORK BY OSMOSIS