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1. Invoking GPG
gpg2 is the OpenPGP part of the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG). It
is a tool to provide digital encryption and signing services using the
OpenPGP standard. gpg2 features complete key management and
all bells and whistles you can expect from a decent OpenPGP
implementation.
In contrast to the standalone version gpg, which is more
suited for server and embedded platforms, this version is installed
under the name gpg2 and more targeted to the desktop as it
requires several other modules to be installed. The standalone version
will be kept maintained and it is possible to install both versions on
the same system. If you need to use different configuration files, you
should make use of something like ‘gpg.conf-2’ instead of just
‘gpg.conf’.
Documentation for the old standard gpg is available as a man
page and at See GnuPG 1: (gpg)Top.
See section Option Index, for an index to gpg2's commands and options.
| 1.1 Commands | List of all commands. | |
| 1.2 Option Summary | List of all options. | |
| 1.3 Configuration files | ||
| 1.4 Examples | Some usage examples. | |
Developer information: | ||
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