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Jul 1, 2002, 7:20:08 PM7/1/02
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hello,
i have installed gnupg 1.0.7 under linux, and when i type gpg -h the version displayed is still gnupg
1.0.6.
what should be done to have the correct version launched and remove the older ie 1.0.6? I think it is a
link problem, but not sure?
thank you

Smitty

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Jul 1, 2002, 11:15:54 PM7/1/02
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Are you using an rpm-based linux distro? It appears that 1.0.6 is still
installed. Did you install 1.0.7 as a tarball?
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Jul 1, 2002, 11:36:08 PM7/1/02
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in alt.security.pgp i read:

>i have installed gnupg 1.0.7 under linux, and when i type gpg -h the
>version displayed is still gnupg 1.0.6.

then the other version is installed somewhere else on your system.

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I'm using an rpm dist, ie 8.2 mdk. the problem does not appear when using gnupg in rpm package.
when using the tar package (./configure, make, make install) all is going fine but how to link to the
correct version an remove the older?
thank you

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Jul 2, 2002, 11:12:28 AM7/2/02
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in alt.security.pgp i read:

>I'm using an rpm dist, ie 8.2 mdk. the problem does not appear when using
>gnupg in rpm package. when using the tar package (./configure, make, make
>install) all is going fine but how to link to the correct version an
>remove the older? thank you

rpm -e

please read your system's documentation.

Robert J. Hansen

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Jul 2, 2002, 3:00:10 PM7/2/02
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> I'm using an rpm dist, ie 8.2 mdk. the problem does not appear when using gnupg in rpm package.
> when using the tar package (./configure, make, make install) all is going fine but how to link to the
> correct version an remove the older?

I believe Mandrake, like Red Hat, throws GnuPG in /usr/bin. Any software
you compile on your own box will get thrown in /usr/local/bin by default.

When you type "gpg", UNIX (Mandrake, Red Hat, FreeBSD, whatever) looks in
many different directories to find it. This list of directories is called
the "path". Once it finds a program with the same name as the one you're
trying to invoke, it uses that one and stops searching for more.

So it sounds like /usr/bin comes before /usr/local/bin in your path. You
type gpg, it looks in /usr/bin, finds the GPG 1.0.6 that came with the
system, and runs it.

Solution:

1. Login as root. Type "rpm -e gnupg".
2. Logout as root.
3. As a normal user, type "gpg --version"

You should have GnuPG 1.0.7 now.


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