GNUPG(7) GNU Privacy Guard 2.4 GNUPG(7)

# [NAME](#NAME)

**GnuPG** - The GNU Privacy Guard suite of programs

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

GnuPG is a set of programs for public key encryption and digital signatures. The program most users will want to use is the OpenPGP command line tool, named **gpg**. **gpgv** is a stripped down version of **gpg** with no encryption functionality, used only to verify signatures against a trusted keyring. **gpgsm** is the X.509/CMS (for S/MIME) counterpart of **gpg**. **gpg-agent** is a passphrase and private key daemon which may also emulate the **ssh-agent**.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**gpg**(1)](/man/os/gnupg/gpg.1), [**gpgv**(1)](/man/os/gnupg/gpgv.1), [**gpgsm**(1)](/man/os/gnupg/gpgsm.1), [**gpg-agent**(1)](/man/os/gnupg/gpg-agent.1), [**dirmngr**(8)](/man/os/gnupg/dirmngr.8), [**scdaemon**(1)](/man/os/gnupg/scdaemon.1)

The full documentation for this tool is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If GnuPG and the info program are properly installed at your site, the command

```
info gnupg
```

should give you access to the complete manual including a menu structure and an index.

2025-12-30 GnuPG 2.4.9

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Document: gnupg(7) from gnupg 2.4.9-r12 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/gpg/gnupg