[neomutt-devel] Enter PGP passphrase -> GPGME

Elimar Riesebieter riesebie at lxtec.de
Fri Dec 9 22:50:56 CET 2016


* Sven Guckes <neomutt-lists at guckes.net> [2016-12-09 21:46 +0100]:

> * Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie at lxtec.de> [2016-12-09 21:15]:
[...] 
> > This is how pinentry asks me:
> >
> > ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
> > │ Please enter the passphrase to unlock the OpenPGP secret key:  │
> > │ "Elimar Riesebieter <riesebie at lxtec.de>"                       │
> > │ 4096-bit ELG key, ID ABCDEF0123456789,                         │
> > │ created 2002-07-28 (main key ID 01234567890FEDCB).             │
> > │                                                                │
> > │                                                                │
> > │ Passphrase: __________________________________________________ │
> > │                                                                │
> > │         <OK>                                    <Cancel>       │
> > └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
> 
> that looks nice! :)
> 
> > It is GPGME ;-)
> 
> GPGME.. requires libassuan.. requires libgpg-error.. oh jeez..
> how many libraries do i have to install for this?  *hrmpf*
> 
> can you folks please post your way of installing
> neomut with all those libs around GPGME, please?!

Just try pinentry-(curses|tty) from ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/GnuPG/pinentry/

You don't need to build the gtk, gnome or qt versions. Have a look
at the README. It should work without GPGME. The above comes from
the curses or tty version.

Good luck ;-)

Elimar
-- 
  On the keyboard of life you have always
  to keep a finger at the escape key;-)


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