Gpg-agent version 2.0.13 - How to Download and Install on Mac OS X
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    version 2.0.13

      View the most recent changes for the gpg-agent port at: gpg-agent.darwinports.com/diff
      Scroll down toward the bottom of the page to get installation instructions for gpg-agent.
      The raw portfile for gpg-agent 2.0.13 is located here:
      http://gpg-agent.darwinports.com/dports/security/gpg-agent/Portfile
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      The gpg-agent Portfile 57870 2009-09-17 22:06:43Z blb macports.org $

      PortSystem 1.0

      Name: gpg-agent
      Version: 2.0.13
      Category: security mail
      Maintainers: boeyms openmaintainer
      Description: GPG key agent
      Long Description: gpg-agent is a key management agent similar in function to ssh-agent.
      Homepage: http://www.gnupg.org
      Platform: darwin freebsd sunos
      distname gnupg-${version}
      dist_subdir gnupg2
      Master Sites: gnupg:gnupg

      use_bzip2 yes
      Checksums: md5 41bd7629d815b90c15b37bb31c2f07c0 sha1 2ff42aff14cdddafc291d44ac1968af5f09a9d4d rmd160 a2291f4d5923b50bca980b726e2fe0c31c2589a9

      configure.args --enable-agent-only --with-pinentry-pgm=${prefix}/bin/pinentry

      depends_lib port:libiconv port:gettext port:zlib port:bzip2 port:bison port:libassuan port:libksba port:libgcrypt port:libgpg-error port:pth port:pinentry

      Patch Files: patch-po_Makevars.diff

      post-destroot {
      delete ${destroot}${prefix}/share/doc/gnupg/README
      }

      platform darwin 7 {
      configure.ldflags-append "-framework IOKit"
      }

      Variant: no_pinentry description {Do not use pinentry to handle user input} {
      depends_lib-delete port:pinentry
      configure.args-delete --with-pinentry-pgm=${prefix}/bin/pinentry
      }

      livecheck.type regex
      livecheck.url http://mirrors.rootmode.com/ftp.gnupg.org/gnupg/?O=D
      livecheck.regex gnupg-(\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)

    If you haven't already installed Darwin Ports, you can find easy instructions for doing so at the main Darwin Ports page.

    Once Darwin Ports has been installed, in a terminal window and while online, type the following and hit return:


      %  cd /opt/local/bin/portslocation/dports/gpg-agent
      % sudo port install gpg-agent
      Password:
    You will then be prompted for your root password, which you should enter. You may have to wait for a few minutes while the software is retrieved from the network and installed for you. Y ou should see something that looks similar to:

      ---> Fetching gpg-agent
      ---> Verifying checksum for gpg-agent
      ---> Extracting gpg-agent
      ---> Configuring gpg-agent
      ---> Building gpg-agent with target all
      ---> Staging gpg-agent into destroot
      ---> Installing gpg-agent
    - Make sure that you do not close the terminal window while Darwin Ports is working. Once the software has been installed, you can find further information about using gpg-agent with these commands:
      %  man gpg-agent
      % apropos gpg-agent
      % which gpg-agent
      % locate gpg-agent

     Where to find more information:

    Darwin Ports



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