Step 1.b Get your terminal ready and install GnuPG
+Step 1.b Install GnuPG
-If you are using a GNU/Linux machine, you should already have GnuPG installed, and you can skip to Step 2.
-If you are using a macOS or Windows machine, however, you need to first install the GnuPG program. Select your operating system below and follow the steps. For the rest of the steps in this guide, the steps are the same for all operating systems.
+If you are using a GNU/Linux machine, you should already have GnuPG installed, and you can skip to Section 2.
+ +If you are using a macOS or Windows machine, however, you need to first install the GnuPG program. Select your operating system below and follow the instructions. For the rest of this guide, the steps are the same for all operating systems.
MacOS
+macOS
- Use a third-party package manager to install GnuPG -
- Your macOS comes with a program called "Terminal" pre-installed, which we'll use to set up your encryption with GnuPG, using the command line. However, the default macOS package manager makes it difficult to install GnuPG and other pieces of free software (like Emacs, GIMP, or Inkscape).
-To make things easier, we recommend setting up the third-party package manager "Homebrew" to install GnuPG. Copy the link on the home page of Homebrew and paste it in Terminal. Click "Enter" and wait for it to finalize.
-When it is done, install the program by entering the following code in Terminal:
-brew install gnupg gnupg2
. After installation is done, you can follow the steps of the rest of this guide.
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+
The default macOS package manager makes it difficult to install GnuPG and other pieces of free software (like Emacs, GIMP, or Inkscape). To make things easier, we recommend setting up the third-party package manager "Homebrew" to install GnuPG. For this, we will use a program called "Terminal," which is pre-installed on macOS.
+ +# Copy the first command on the home page of Homebrew by clicking on the clipboard icon, and paste it in Terminal. Click "Enter" and wait for the installation to finalize.
+# Then install GnuPG by entering the following code in Terminal:
+
+brew install gnupg gnupg2
- Get GnuPG by downloading GPG4Win
GPG4Win is an email and file encryption software package that includes GnuPG. Download and install the latest version, choosing default options whenever asked. After it's installed, you can close any windows that it creates.
- -To follow the rest of the steps in this guide, you'll use the program called "PowerShell", which is a program you'll see elsewhere referred to as a "terminal." This allows you to operate your computer using the command line.
#2 Make your keys
-To use the GnuPG system, you'll need a public key and a private key (known together as a keypair). Each is a long string of randomly generated numbers @@ -285,11 +283,11 @@ discuss this more in the next section.