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pastore.a

24 Dec, 2011 05:06 PM

Hello,
I installed GPGTools on my 2 Macs, the first is a new installation so everything works correctly, the second one is an update of a previous version of GPG, on this Mac the configuration folder is "/Applications/Utilities/GnuPG/" and not "/Users/.../.gnupg/" and GPG Keychain Access doesn't work... How can i change this wrong configuration?

Thanks and Merry christmas,
Andrew

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Luke Le on 24 Dec, 2011 09:36 PM

   

   Hi Andrew,

   the easiest option is to simply move the folder using Terminal.app
   by executing the following command (press return after entering the command):

   cp -R /Applications/Utilities/GnuPG ~/.gnupg

   After you verified GPG Keychain Access works as expected
   you can trash the /Applications/Utilities/GnuPG folder.

   Merry Christmas to you too!

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2. 2 Posted by Andrea Pastore on 25 Dec, 2011 08:56 AM

   

   It's not so simple I think…

   This is the reply to the command line: gpg2 --gpgconf-list

   gpgconf-gpg.conf:16:"/Applications/Utilities/GnuPG/gpg.conf
   verbose:0:
   quiet:0:
   keyserver:0:
   reader-port:0:
   default-key:0:
   encrypt-to:0:
   auto-key-locate:0:
   log-file:0:
   debug-level:16:"none:
   group:0:
   default_pubkey_algo:16:"RSA-2048:

   I think there is something to change in a conf file somewhere…

   Andrew

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Luke Le on 25 Dec, 2011 03:02 PM

   

   Hi Andrew,

   you might be right. Could you please run the following command in Terminal.app:

   echo $GNUPGHOME

   and post the output?
   If GNUPGHOME is pointing to "/Applications/Utilities/GnuPG" you'll have to change this value too. After that it should be as simply to change the location as described above.

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4. 4 Posted by Andrea Pastore on 25 Dec, 2011 04:04 PM

   

   Thanks Luke,

   I solved…

   The output was "/Applications/Utilities/GnuPG" so I searched the environment variable GNUPGHOME.

   I founded it in the file environment.plist (in $home/.MacOSX), then I deleted the value with Prefsetter.app and now everything is working ok!

   Thanks a lot, Merry Christmas!

   Andrew

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5. Support Staff 5 Posted by Luke Le on 25 Dec, 2011 04:06 PM

   

   Perfect! Enjoy GPGTools :)!

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6. Luke Le closed this discussion on 25 Dec, 2011 04:06 PM.