Dear Mr. Brauer
On 18/02/2026 15:02, Uwe Brauer via Gnupg-users wrote:
"WKvG" == Werner Koch via Gnupg-users <[email protected]> writes:
On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:52, Uwe Brauer said:
gpgsm (GnuPG) 2.4.4
That is pretty old. Please use the latest version - at least of 2.4 but
better the new stable 2.5 version 2.5.7. We have Debian packages
available for https://repos.gnupg.org/deb/gnupg/ and the fingerprint of
the signing key is listed with all release notes.
Hi
I followed the instructions https://repos.gnupg.org/deb/gnupg/noble/
But the last step
sudo apt-get install gnupg2
Returns:
--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gnupg2 : Depends: gnupg (>= 2.5.17-1) but 2.4.4-2ubuntu17.4 is to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
This seems more like an apt/dpkg problem than a gnupg problem, but
since you encountered this using an official gnupg repository, it
may still be on topic here.
From my experience using apt/dpkg, I see too likely possibilities:
A: the Gnupg repository for noble does not include a gnupg package
new enough to satisfy the the "Depends" line in the gnupg2 package
in that same repository, if so that would be a problem for the
g10code people that manage repos.gnupg.org .
B: Some subtle bug/misfeature in apt itself causes it to try to
install a gnupg package from the Ubuntu repository instead of the
new one from the Gnupg repository. If so, you need to explicitly
request the correct gnupg package with a command such as:
$ sudo apt-get install gnupg=2.5.17-1
(Add version numbers for related packages such as dirmngr etc. if you
keep getting similar errors for those)
Enjoy
Jakob
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