Red Hat / CentOS yum install gnupg Ubuntu / Debian. If you are using these Linux distributions, you might want to change the commands in this tutorial to gpg2 after Installing GPG tools via terminal on mac. This is hardly a gpg specific question, it should be asked an OSX systems support section, however, I will answer the best I can, but specific only to the installing GPGTools for OSX (the process for installing other dmg/pkg's on OSX might differ). Gpg Tools is a Mac OS X graphical interface to the GNU Privacy Guard (GPG) utility. It provides approximately the functionality of the old PGPtools, and is freeware. GPG was developed by Werner Koch and released in 1999 as an alternative to Symantec's software suite of encryption tools. It's available as a free software download and is based on the Open PGP standards established by the IETF. Specifically, GPG Tools includes a utility that integrates with Apple Mail, a GPG Keychain to manage OpenPGP keys, and a command line tool (which I About Us Services When you're on your Mac and you need to email sensitive information, don't let a lack of tools get in your way. Here's how the GPG Suite can make encrypting email easy in Apple Mail. How-to: Encrypted Email on Mac OS X with Thunderbird, Enigmail and GPG. October 11, 2013 During this tutorial you will generate a "key pair" for encrypting files. The key pair consists of two parts: the public key and the private key. one for the GPG Tools Team, and your key that you Learn PGP basics and best practices in this series of tutorials from our archives. Protecting Code Integrity with PGP — Part 1: Basic Concepts and Tools. you should already have GnuPG installed. On a Mac, Thirdly, because documentation is mostly geared toward someone who is already familiar with PGP. Fourtly, because we like to promote both GnuPG and Mutt as free software project, for use in everyday communications. Lastly, because Justin R. Miller likes writing tutorials. Full credit go