GNUPG
Section: GNU Privacy Guard 2.2 (7)
Updated: 2021-03-22
Page Index
NAME
GnuPG
- The GNU Privacy Guard suite of programs
DESCRIPTION
GnuPG is a set of programs for public key encryption and digital
signatures. The program most users will want to use is the OpenPGP
command line tool, named
gpg2.
gpgvis a stripped
down version of
gpg2 with no encryption functionality, used
only to verify signatures against a trusted keyring.
gpgsm is
the X.509/CMS (for S/MIME) counterpart of
gpg2.
gpg-agent is a passphrase and private key
daemon which may also emulate the
ssh-agent.
SEE ALSO
gpg(1),
gpg2(1),
gpgv(1),
gpgsm(1),
gpg-agent(1),
dirmngr(8),
scdaemon(1)
The full documentation for this tool is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If GnuPG and the info program are properly installed at your site, the
command
-
info gnupg
should give you access to the complete manual including a menu structure
and an index.