// Using the Latest GnuPG with Red Hat and APT HOWTO
//
// by The Unduhtakuh
//
// http://www.oldskoolphreak.com


The latest version of gpg installed by APT is 1.2.1.  The latest gpg
rpm is 1.2.3 from ftp://crypto.ferrara.linux.it/pub/gpg/.  The latest
version of gpg from the source, http://www.gnupg.org/, is 1.4.0.

APT on Red Hat depends on gpg.  A stock 1.4.0 install does not satisfy
the dependency, but an APT/rpm install does.  So the easiest solution to
this conundrum is to install both - the 1.2.3 rpm to satisfy APT and
1.4.0 for your everyday encryption needs.  This works on RH 9 and RHEL 3.

1. Uninstall gpg.

	# rpm --nodeps -e gnupg

2. Download and install the latest GnuPG.

	$ wget ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-1.4.0.tar.bz2
	$ tar -xjf gnupg-1.4.0.tar.bz2
	$ cd gnupg-1.4.0
	$ ./configure
	$ make
	$ su
	# make install

3. "echo $PATH" and make sure that /usr/local/bin, the default location
   of gpg 1.4, preceeds /usr/bin, the location of APT/rpm-installed
   versions of gpg.  If it doesn't, just add the following line to
   $HOME/.bash_profile before "export PATH":

	PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH

4. Install gpg for APT.

	# wget ftp://crypto.ferrara.linux.it/pub/gpg/gnupg-1.2.3-1rh9.i386.rpm
	# rpm -ivh gnupg-1.2.3-1rh9.i386.rpm

You can now continue to update your box with apt-get and use the latest
offering in GnuPG encryption.  And yes, Evolution works just fine.