[pkg-gnupg-maint] Bug#868437: gnupg: does not work after installation

[Teemu Likonen]

Axel Stammler [2017-07-15 14:23:48+02] wrote:

> after installation, any call to GPG, e.g.
>
>    gpg --search Stammler
>
> invariably produces the following messages:
>
> gpg: failed to start the dirmngr '/usr/bin/dirmngr': No such file or directory
> gpg: connecting dirmngr at '/run/user/1001/gnupg/S.dirmngr' failed: No such file or directory
> gpg: error searching keyserver: No dirmngr
> gpg: keyserver search failed: No dirmngr

The error message says that /usr/bin/dirmngr is missing. Install package
named dirmngr and your original command will work.

    apt install dirmngr

The gnupg package recommends dirmngr but I don't know why it's not part
of the default installation.

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