GNUPG(7)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so this is GNUPG(7), the man page for GNU Privacy Guard 2.4 — aka GnuPG: The GNU Privacy Guard suite of programs. that's the whole name vibe, bestie, and it ate. 💅✨

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so picture this: GnuPG is literally a whole set of programs for public key encryption and digital signatures. iconic. 🔥

the one most users will actually want to use? that's the OpenPGP command line tool, named gpg. main character energy fr fr. 👑

then there's gpgv — a stripped down version of gpg with no encryption functionality, used only to verify signatures against a trusted keyring. it's giving signature-checking bouncer at the club. 🫶

gpgsm is the X.509/CMS counterpart of gpg — and yes, that's for S/MIME, iykyk. 💌

and gpg-agent? that's the passphrase and private key daemon, which may also emulate the ssh-agent. lowkey the backstage manager of the whole operation. 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

also check out these absolute icons:

• gpg(1)
• gpgv(1)
• gpgsm(1)
• gpg-agent(1)
• dirmngr(8)
• scdaemon(1)

the full documentation for this tool is maintained as a Texinfo manual. periodt. 📚

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. no cap, it's all in there. 🌈

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mwah 💋 — this GNUPG(7) page is from GnuPG 2.4.9, dated 2025-02-19. go be iconic, bestie. 🎀🦋✨