yes THANK YOU aenesunal the fuller explanation is here
https://blog.sleeplessbeastie.eu/2017/11/02/how-to-fix-missing-dirmngr/
and a shorter version here:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/410981
SERIOUSLY seth-arnold - YOU win the WORST ANSWER to a question on
launchpad award. That answer honestl
I was able to fix it on debian stretch by installing dirmngr
# apt install dirmngr
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Title:
GnuPG can't find /usr/bin/dirmngr
To manage notifica
"apt-key adv --recv-key" may be common advice but after the introduction
of /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ it is also bad advice.
We should definitely edit the apt-key(8) manpage to include the right
commands to use to populate /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/ instead of adv
--recv-key.
Thanks
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This is related to
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1634464 as well,
where the maintainer says the "apt-key adv" is deprecated ("like
everything else"). Not easy to understand what's deprecated.
By the way, "gpg --keyserver YYY --recv-key XXX" works 100% in Ubuntu
Xenial, with no
** Changed in: enigmail (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: gnupg2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Medium
** Changed in: gnupg2 (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Also affects: hundredpapercuts
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: hundr
dirmngr is now an optional component.
most uses of apt-key do not require dirmngr.
if you want dirmngr (ie. fetching keys from remote key servers) please
install dirmngr package.
By default it is a recommends and should be pulled in on most
installations.
Maybe enigmail package should add dirmn
Or e.g. enigmail should use packagekit to request installation of
dirmngr or some such.
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Title:
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Not sure if it is intended that enigmail shows a fail and a success,
maybe this is just a separate issue. But the gnupg error because
/usr/bin/dirmngr is missing also appears for example on using apt-key.
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** Also affects: gnupg2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: enigmail (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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I was able to fix with the following commands:
1. sudo apt remove gnupg
2. sudo apt install --reinstall gnupg2 (possibly not necessary, but doesn't
hurt)
3. sudo apt install dirmngr
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If both gnupgs, 1 & 2, are on the system, it should default to the
binary for 2. If gnupg 1 is all there is, there should be a
warning/error. Also, dirmngr should be a dependency (along with
gnupg2).
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