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INSTALLING GNUPG
GnuPG is freely available via
the Internet, and you can get a
variety of ready-to-use versions
for any number of operating sys-
tems, source code, customized versions,
and add-ons in a whole variety of places.
Although GnuPG itself is extremely reli-
able, some of these add-ons and versions
might not offer the quality you hope for.
Getting the right software, installing it
properly, and configuring it suitably will
prevent a lot of problems later.
We’ll begin by discussing the easiest-to-use versions of
GnuPG—precompiled binaries—and proceed to the more
obscure and unusual variants of the software.
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