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Re: [LUG] gnupg and ubuntu 10.04

 

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On 24/07/10 06:23, Henry Bremridge wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 09:40:42PM +0100, Paul Sutton wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I recently installed ubuntu 10.04 on a 2nd hard disk and have also
>> installed the password and encryption keys application
>>
>>
>> I have copied the contents of .gnupg over to the new installation
>>
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 psutton psutton     63 2009-02-06 18:38 gpg.conf
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 psutton psutton 190032 2010-01-09 20:51 pubring.gpg
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 psutton psutton 190032 2010-01-09 20:51 pubring.gpg~
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 psutton psutton    600 2010-06-14 14:44 random_seed
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 psutton psutton   1320 2009-01-08 19:17 secring.gpg
>> -rwxr-xr-x 1 psutton psutton   2120 2010-01-09 20:51 trustdb.gpg
>>
>>
>> this directory is located in /home/psutton
>>
>> how do I get to the point where I can right click on something and
>> encrypt / decrypt files and also sign e-mails as at present when i tried
>> i can't sign them. (using thunderbird and enigmail)
>>
> Right click I cannot help you with: but to check that gnupg is installed
> and working properly:
> - Open a terminal
> - gpg -d Filename.gpg > Newfilename
> 
> 
> 

Once you've got gnupg working from the commandline, seahorse-plugins is
the package you want for right-click.

HTH

Sam
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