These installation instructions assume:
Commands are Unix-compatible.
The source path is /var/tmp -other paths are possible.
Installations were tested on Red Hat Linux 6.1 and 6.2.
All steps in the installation will happen in super-user account root.
GnuPG version number is 1.0.1
These are the Package(s) you must be sure to download:
You must decompress the tarball to compile, it is a good idea to make a list of files on the system before you install it, and one afterwards, and then compare them using diff to find out what file it placed where. Simply
run find /* > GnuPG1 before and find /* > GnuPG2 after you install the tarball, and use diff GnuPG1 GnuPG2 > GnuPG-Installed
to get a list of what changed.
Decompress the tarball (tar.gz):
[root@deep] /# cp gnupg-version.tar.gz /var/tmp
[root@deep] /# cd /var/tmp
[root@deep ]/tmp# tar xzpf gnupg-version.tar.gz
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You need to Compile and Optimize, move into the new GnuPG dir and type the following on your terminal:
CC="egcs" \
CFLAGS="-O9 -funroll-loops -ffast-math -malign-double -mcpu=pentiumpro -march=pentiumpro -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-exceptions" \
./configure \
--prefix=/usr \
--enable-shared
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[root@deep ]/gnupg-1.0.1# make
[root@deep ]/gnupg-1.0.1# make check
[root@deep ]/gnupg-1.0.1# make install
[root@deep ]/gnupg-1.0.1# strip /usr/bin/gpg
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The make command compiles all source files into executable binaries,
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The make check will run any self-tests that come with the package
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finally, the make install command installs the binaries and any supporting files into the appropriate locations.
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The strip command will reduce the size of the gpg binary for better performance.
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Cleanup after work
[root@deep] /# cd /var/tmp
[root@deep ]/tmp# rm -rf gnupg-version/ gnupg-version.tar.gz
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The
rm command as used above will remove all the source files we have used to compile and install GnuPG. It will also remove the GnuPG compressed archive from the
/var/tmp directory.
