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README.W32 -*- text -*-
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This is a binary package with GnuPG for MS-Windows 95, 98, WNT, W2000
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and XP. See the file README for generic instructions and usage hints.
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A FAQ comes with this package and a probably more recent one can be
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found online at http://www.gnupg.org/faq.html. See
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http://www.gnupg.org/docs-mls.html for a list of mailing lists. In
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particular the list gnupg-users@gnupg.org might be useful to answer
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questions - but please read the FAQ first.
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Installation directory:
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=======================
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The installation directory of GnuPG is stored in the Registry under
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the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\GNU\GnuPG with the name "Install
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Directory". The installer does not change the PATH environment
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variable to include this directory. You might want to do this
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manually.
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Below the Installation directory, you will find directories named
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"Doc", "gnupg.nls" and "Src". The latter will be used for distributed
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patched, if any, and to store the source file if they have been
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included in this package. The source files usually require further
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unpacking using a the TAR utility.
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Internationalization support:
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=============================
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Store the locale id (like "de") into the Registry under the key
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GNU\GnuPG with the name "Lang". This must
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match one of the installed languages files in the directory named
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"gnupg.nls" below the installation directory. Note, that the ".mo"
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extension is not part of the lcoale id.
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Home directory:
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===============
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GnuPG makes use of a per user home directory to store its keys as well
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as configuration files. The default home directory is a directory
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named "gnupg" below the application data directory of the user. This
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directory will be created if it does not exist. Being only a default,
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it may be changed by setting the name of the home directory into the
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Registry under the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\GNU\GnuPG using the
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name "HomeDir". If an environment varaibale "GNUPGHOME" exists, this
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even overrides the registry setting. The command line option
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"--homedir" may be used to override all other settings of the home
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directory.
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Reporting bugs:
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===============
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Please check the documentation first before asking or reporting a
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bugs. In particular check the archives of the mailing lists (see
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www.gnupg.org) and the bug tracking system at http://bugs.gnupg.org
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(login is "guest" password is "guest") whether the problem is already
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known. Asking on the gnupg-users mailing list is also strongly
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encouraged; if you are not subscribed it may some time until a posting
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is approved (this is an anti-spam measure). Bug reporting addresses
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are listed in the file AUTHORS.
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If you want to report a bug or have other problems, always give
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detailed description of the problem, the version of GnuPG you used,
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the version of the OS, whether it is the official version from
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gnupg.org or how you built it. Don't edit error messages - replacing
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sensitive information like user IDs, fingerprints and keyids is okay.
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If possible, switch to English messages by changing the "Lang" entry
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to empty (see under Internationalization support).
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How to build GnuPG from the source:
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===================================
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Until recently all official GnuPG versions have been build using the
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Mingw32/CPD kit as available at
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ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/people/werner/cpd/mingw32-cqpd-0.3.2.tar.gz .
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However, for maintenance reasons we switched to Debian's mingw32 cross
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compiler package and that is now the recommended way of building GnuPG
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for W32 platforms. It might be possible to build it nativly on a W32
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platform but this is not supported. Please don't file any bug reports
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if it does not build with any other system than the recommended one.
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According to the conditions of the GNU General Public License you
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either got the source files with this package, a written offer to send
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you the source on demand or the source is available at the same site
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you downloaded the binary package. If you downloaded the package from
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the official GnuPG site or one of its mirrors, the corresponding
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source tarball is available in the sibling directory named gnupg. The
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source used to build all versions is always the same and the version
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numbers should match. If the version number of the binary package has
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a letter suffix, you will find a patch file installed in the "Src"
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directory with the changes relative to the generic version.
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The source is distributed as a BZIP2 or GZIP compressed tar archive.
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See the instructions in file README on how to check the integrity of
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that file. Wir a properly setup build environment, you unpack the
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tarball change to the created directory and run
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$ ./autogen.sh --build-w32
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$ make
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$ cp g10/gpg*.exe /some_windows_drive/
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Building a version with the installer is a bit more complex and
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basically works by creating a top directory, unpacking in that top
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directory, switching to the gnupg-1.x.y directory, running
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"./autogen.sh --build-w32" and "make", switching back to the top
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directory, running a "mkdir dist-w32; mkdir iconv", copying the
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required iconv files (iconv.dll, README.iconv, COPYING.LIB) into the
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iconv directory, running gnupg-1.x.y/scripts/mk-w32-dist and voila,
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the installer package will be available in the dist-w32 directory.
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Copying:
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========
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GnuPG is
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Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
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2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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GnuPG is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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GnuPG is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
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or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public
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License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
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02111-1307, USA
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See the files AUTHORS and THANKS for credits, further legal
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information and bug reporting addresses pertaining to GnuPG.
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For copying conditions of the GNU LIBICONV library see the file
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README.iconv.
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The installer software used to create the official binary packages for
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W32 is NSIS (http://nsis.sourceforge.net/):
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Copyright (C) 1999-2005 Nullsoft, Inc.
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This license applies to everything in the NSIS package, except where
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otherwise noted.
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This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
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warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any
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damages arising from the use of this software.
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Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any
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purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and
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redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions:
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1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must
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not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this
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software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product
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documentation would be appreciated but is not required.
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2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must
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not be misrepresented as being the original software.
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3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
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distribution.
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The user interface used with the installer is
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Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Joost Verburg
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[It is distributed along with NSIS and the same conditions as stated
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above apply]
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The term "W32" is used to describe the API used by current Microsoft
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Windows versions. We don't use the Microsft terminology here; in
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hacker terminology, calling something a "win" is a form of praise.
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Keep in mind that Windows ist just a temporary workaround until you
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can switch to a complete Free Software system. Be the source always
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with you.
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