Axel Stammler [2017-07-15 14:23:48+02] wrote: > after installation, any call to GPG, e.g. > > gpg --search Stammler > > invariably produces the following messages: > > gpg: failed to start the dirmngr '/usr/bin/dirmngr': No such file or directory > gpg: connecting dirmngr at '/run/user/1001/gnupg/S.dirmngr' failed: No such > file or directory > gpg: error searching keyserver: No dirmngr > gpg: keyserver search failed: No dirmngr
The error message says that /usr/bin/dirmngr is missing. Install package
named dirmngr and your original command will work.
apt install dirmngr
The gnupg package recommends dirmngr but I don't know why it's not part
of the default installation.
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