GnuPG 2.1.18 Build Instructions for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

GnuPG-2.1.md

GnuPG 2.1.20 Build Instructions

Below you is my build instructions for GnuPG 2.1.20 released on 03-Apr-2017. These instructions are built for a headless Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server.

Or if you wish, you may use the install script to install GnuPG 2.1.20 by entring the following:

curl -sL "https://gist.github.com/mattrude/3883a3801613b048d45b/raw/install-gnupg2.sh" |sh

Install the needed depends

apt-get -y install libgnutls-dev bzip2 make gettext texinfo gnutls-bin \
build-essential g++

Setup the build

mkdir -p /var/src/gnupg21 && cd /var/src/gnupg21
gpg --list-keys
gpg --recv-keys 0x4F25E3B6 0xE0856959 0x33BD3F06 0x7EFD60D9 0xF7E48EDB

Installing libgpg-error 1.27

wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.27.tar.gz && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.27.tar.gz.sig && \
gpg --verify libgpg-error-1.27.tar.gz.sig && tar -xzf libgpg-error-1.27.tar.gz && \
cd libgpg-error-1.27/ && ./configure && make && make install && cd ../

Installing libgcrypt 1.7.6

wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.7.6.tar.gz && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.7.6.tar.gz.sig && \
gpg --verify libgcrypt-1.7.6.tar.gz.sig && tar -xzf libgcrypt-1.7.6.tar.gz && \
cd libgcrypt-1.7.6 && ./configure && make && make install && cd ../

Installing libassuan 2.4.3

wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libassuan/libassuan-2.4.3.tar.bz2 && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libassuan/libassuan-2.4.3.tar.bz2.sig && \
gpg --verify libassuan-2.4.3.tar.bz2.sig && tar -xjf libassuan-2.4.3.tar.bz2 && \
cd libassuan-2.4.3 && ./configure && make && make install && cd ../

Installing libksba 1.3.5

wget -c  ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libksba/libksba-1.3.5.tar.bz2 && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libksba/libksba-1.3.5.tar.bz2.sig && \
gpg --verify libksba-1.3.5.tar.bz2.sig && tar -xjf libksba-1.3.5.tar.bz2 && \
cd libksba-1.3.5 && ./configure && make && make install && cd ../

Installing npth 1.3

wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/npth/npth-1.3.tar.bz2 && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/npth/npth-1.3.tar.bz2.sig && \
gpg --verify npth-1.3.tar.bz2.sig && tar -xjf npth-1.3.tar.bz2 && \
cd npth-1.3 && ./configure && make && make install && cd ../

Install ncurses 6.0

wget -c ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.0.tar.gz && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.0.tar.gz.sig && \
gpg --verify ncurses-6.0.tar.gz.sig && tar -xzf ncurses-6.0.tar.gz && \
cd ncurses-6.0 && export CPPFLAGS="-P" && ./configure && make && make install && cd ../

Install pinentry 1.0.0

wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/pinentry/pinentry-1.0.0.tar.bz2 && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/pinentry/pinentry-1.0.0.tar.bz2.sig && \
gpg --verify pinentry-1.0.0.tar.bz2.sig && tar -xjf pinentry-1.0.0.tar.bz2 && \
cd pinentry-1.0.0 && ./configure --enable-pinentry-curses --disable-pinentry-qt4 && \
make && make install && cd ../

Install GnuPG 2.1.20

wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.1.20.tar.bz2 && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.1.20.tar.bz2.sig && \
gpg --verify gnupg-2.1.20.tar.bz2.sig && tar -xjf gnupg-2.1.20.tar.bz2 && \
cd gnupg-2.1.20 && ./configure && make && make install && echo $?

Finishing the build

echo "/usr/local/lib" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/gpg2.conf && ldconfig -v

install-gnupg2.sh

#!/bin/bash

apt-get update
apt-get -y install libgnutls-dev bzip2 make gettext texinfo gnutls-bin build-essential g++
mkdir -p /var/src/gnupg21 && cd /var/src/gnupg21
gpg --list-keys
gpg --recv-keys 0x4F25E3B6 0xE0856959 0x33BD3F06 0x7EFD60D9 0xF7E48EDB

wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.27.tar.gz && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.27.tar.gz.sig && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.7.6.tar.gz && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.7.6.tar.gz.sig && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libassuan/libassuan-2.4.3.tar.bz2 && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libassuan/libassuan-2.4.3.tar.bz2.sig && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libksba/libksba-1.3.5.tar.bz2 && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libksba/libksba-1.3.5.tar.bz2.sig && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/npth/npth-1.2.tar.bz2 && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/npth/npth-1.2.tar.bz2.sig && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.0.tar.gz && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.0.tar.gz.sig && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/pinentry/pinentry-0.9.5.tar.bz2 && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/pinentry/pinentry-0.9.5.tar.bz2.sig && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.1.20.tar.bz2 && \
wget -c ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.1.20.tar.bz2.sig && \
gpg --verify libgpg-error-1.27.tar.gz.sig && tar -xzf libgpg-error-1.27.tar.gz && \
gpg --verify libgcrypt-1.7.6.tar.gz.sig && tar -xzf libgcrypt-1.7.6.tar.gz && \
gpg --verify libassuan-2.4.3.tar.bz2.sig && tar -xjf libassuan-2.4.3.tar.bz2 && \
gpg --verify libksba-1.3.5.tar.bz2.sig && tar -xjf libksba-1.3.5.tar.bz2 && \
gpg --verify npth-1.2.tar.bz2.sig && tar -xjf npth-1.2.tar.bz2 && \
gpg --verify ncurses-6.0.tar.gz.sig && tar -xzf ncurses-6.0.tar.gz && \
gpg --verify pinentry-0.9.5.tar.bz2.sig && tar -xjf pinentry-0.9.5.tar.bz2 && \
gpg --verify gnupg-2.1.20.tar.bz2.sig && tar -xjf gnupg-2.1.20.tar.bz2 && \
cd libgpg-error-1.27/ && ./configure && make && make install && cd ../ && \
cd libgcrypt-1.7.6 && ./configure && make && make install && cd ../ && \
cd libassuan-2.4.3 && ./configure && make && make install && cd ../ && \
cd libksba-1.3.5 && ./configure && make && make install && cd ../ && \
cd npth-1.2 && ./configure && make && make install && cd ../ && \
cd ncurses-6.0 && ./configure && make && make install && cd ../ && \
cd pinentry-0.9.5 && ./configure --enable-pinentry-curses --disable-pinentry-qt4 && \
make && make install && cd ../ && \
cd gnupg-2.1.20 && ./configure && make && make install && \
echo "/usr/local/lib" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/gpg2.conf && ldconfig -v && \
echo "Complete!!!"

I see that there is a 1.21 of libpg-error available.
ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.21.tar.gz

So I guess one just has to update that part of the script to make it work.

I've opened a git repo, because it's quite cumbersome to get around all the gists, forks and their updates
https://github.com/fermiumlabs/GnuPG-Modern-Ubuntu-Build-Scripts

There is also an update for pinentry.
ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/pinentry/pinentry-0.9.7.tar.bz2

But, I'm not sure if updating to it is a good idea. Can't remember exactly, but I have a faint memory of newer versions not working as well. Don't quote me on that, though, and please, do test.

Also, someone forked this script to include those two updated versions.
https://gist.github.com/vt0r/a2f8c0bcb1400131ff51

Ok, @ddavidebor, but the content on your page is quite outdated.
I mean, the actual gpg build.

Installing the latest, I received this warning.
Perhaps gpg-agent also needs to be included in the script, or is the 2.1.11 build including an old gpg-agent?

gpg: WARNING: server 'gpg-agent' is older than us (2.1.10 < 2.1.11)

Turns out the old gpg-agent was still running.
I shut it down with
$ gpg-connect-agent /bye
and no more errors.

I get this. In file included from ../ncurses/curses.priv.h:283:0, from ../ncurses/lib_gen.c:19: _22044.c:835:15: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘int’ ../include/curses.h:1594:56: note: in definition of macro ‘mouse_trafo’ #define mouse_trafo(y,x,to_screen) wmouse_trafo(stdscr,y,x,to_screen) when trying to build ncurses but I cannot find the _22044.c anywhere

@mattrude Thanks for putting together these instructions. What exactly does echo "/usr/local/lib" > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/gpg2.conf && ldconfig -v do? I had put installing gpg v2.1 on the back burner for a few weeks because I was stuck on the following error after going through what I thought was the correct installation process several times from scratch.

gpg2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0: no version information available (required by gpg2)
gpg2: relocation error: gpg2: symbol gpgrt_set_alloc_func, version GPG_ERROR_1.0 not defined in file libgpg-error.so.0 with link time reference

Your last line for "finishing the build" perfectly solved this error. I'm so glad I have it working now. Thanks :)!

@mattrude Well I thought i finally had everything set up right, but I'm still not able to get gpg2 to work properly. It partly works. I can view keys I've received so far, but I can't generate a new key. When I attempt to run gpg2 --debug-level advanced --expert --full-gen-key , I get the following error:

gpg: agent_genkey failed: No pinentry
Key generation failed: No pinentry

I don't know what to do about this. Any help?

Works great on 12.04 also, many thanks for the guide.

gnupg-2.1.12 says it requires libgpg-error-1.21 or greater. Upgrading to that version fixed it to allow installation.

2.1.16 released a little over a week ago.

I need to install gnupg > v2.1.11 or more precisely libgcrypt >= 1.7.6 to handle elliptic keys of type ed25519.
I work with Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS.
These scripts only partly worked for me. Here my experience:

• the handy "curl ....." line didn't work,

• downloading "install-gnupg2.sh" as displayed above didn't work

  • it actually is designed to build gnupg-2.1.12 only
  • it builds libgpg-error-1.20 but I get error messages asking for libgpg-error-1.21+
  • even with libgpg-error-1.21 I get errors during compilation
    I gave up

• success: step by step building using those individual steps as displayed above did work

  • I find the proper version of gnupg v2.1.18 in /usr/local/bin
  • the libgcrypt employed now is v1.7.6
  • elliptic keys can be used to encrypt and are handled correctly

Thanks for your help :)

Adding the following line as the second line in the script fixes the ncurses "expected ‘)’ before ‘int’" error seen by @roberto68
export CPPFLAGS="-P"

I was able to build version 2.1.19 using the script, the latest version as I type. I just had to manually update the various package versions to match the latest shown in the table on gnupg.org's download page.

Many thanks for putting this together @mattrude.

For later reads, the compiled binary ends at /usr/local/bin/gpg2 on Mint/Ubuntu.
So you just need to

sudo mv /usr/bin/gpg /usr/bin/gpg1
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/gpg2 /usr/bin/gpg

I struggled too long to find it 🙈

On Ubuntu 16.04.3 using revision 47, the curl command failed at building ncurses for the export CPPFLAGS="-P" reason.
The description has been updated but unfortunately not the shell script..
Don't forget to do sudo su first. You paradoxically need gnupg installed, but Ubuntu won't let you uninstall both gnupg and gnupg2 it would seem.
Thanks @mirumu and @mattrude

@jgburet since this script installs gpg2 into /usr/local/bin which is by default before /usr/bin in your PATH, you just need to do the following instead of moving gpg:
sudo ln -s /usr/local/bin/gpg2 /usr/local/bin/gpg

I think you need to update keys in order to finish installation.

This works for 2.2.5:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -e -x

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install libgnutls28-dev bzip2 make gettext texinfo gnutls-bin build-essential g++

mkdir -p gnupg22
pushd gnupg22

wget -c https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.27.tar.gz{,.sig}
wget -c https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgcrypt/libgcrypt-1.8.2.tar.gz{,.sig}
wget -c https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libassuan/libassuan-2.5.1.tar.bz2{,.sig} 
wget -c https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libksba/libksba-1.3.5.tar.bz2{,.sig}
wget -c https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/npth/npth-1.5.tar.bz2{,.sig}
wget -c https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.1.tar.gz{,.sig}
wget -c https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/pinentry/pinentry-1.1.0.tar.bz2{,.sig}
wget -c https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-2.2.5.tar.bz2{,.sig}

gpg --list-keys
gpg --recv-keys 0x4F25E3B6 0xE0856959 0x33BD3F06 0x7EFD60D9 0xF7E48EDB

for i in *.sig; do
	gpg --verify "$i"
done
for i in *.gz; do
	tar -xzf "$i"
done
for i in *.bz2; do
  tar -xjf "$i"
done
dirs="libgpg-error libgcrypt libassuan libksba npth ncurses pinentry gnupg"
for i in $dirs; do
	CONFIGURE_OPTS=
	if [[ "$i" =~ ^pinentry ]]; then
		CONFIGURE_OPTS="${CONFIGURE_OPTS} --enable-pinentry-curses --disable-pinentry-qt4"
	fi
	pushd $i*/
	./configure $CONFIGURE_OPTS
	make
	sudo make install
	popd
done
sudo tee -a /etc/ld.so.conf.d/gpg2.conf <<<"/usr/local/lib"
sudo ldconfig -v
echo "Complete!!!"
popd

Thanks for this!

In order to get ncurses-6.0 to build, I needed the following:

export CPPFLAGS="-P"

Thanks for script.
But I face a problem related to supported compression algorithms.

After Installation:

gpg (GnuPG) 2.2.5
libgcrypt 1.8.2
Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Supported algorithms:
Pubkey: RSA, ELG, DSA, ECDH, ECDSA, EDDSA
Cipher: IDEA, 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH,
        CAMELLIA128, CAMELLIA192, CAMELLIA256
Hash: SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224
Compression: Uncompressed

I want ZLIB, ZIP, BZIP2 in compression algorithm list.
So Is there any way to support for above compression algorithm