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Compiling GnuPG VII: First Steps

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fmg Tuesday March 18, 2025

Situation

Last time I explained merging the pull request. This time we do the first compiling experiments. There are two scripts from the Codeberg diy-gnupg repository involved: fetch-source.sh and unpack-source.sh, both in the folder self-compile/bin/. Run them and swith to /tmp/canary/compile as working directory. There are several folders from the extracted tarballs:

gnupg-2.5.5
libassuan-3.0.2
libgcrypt-1.11.0
libgpg-error-1.51
libksba-1.6.7
npth-1.8

Simple Configuration

npth
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cd npth-1.8
./configure
make
libassuan
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cd ../libassuan-3.0.2
./configure
make
libksba
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cd ../libksba-1.6.7
./configure
make
libgpg-error
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cd ../libgpg-error-1.51
./configure
make
libgcrypt-1.11.0
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cd ../libgcrypt-1.11.0
./configure
echo "There is a problem"

We cannot continue with make because Debian bookworm and Devuan daedalus ship the package libgpg-error-dev with version 1.46 but a modern one is needed:

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checking for GPG Error - version >= 1.49... no
configure: error: libgpg-error is needed.
gnupg
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cd ../gnupg-2.5.5
./configure
echo "There is a problem"

The distribution package libgcrypt20-dev contains version 1.10.1 and libassuan-dev contains version 2.5.5 which are additional problems. Something we don't see yet is a problem with npth:

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configure:
***
*** You need libgpg-error to build this program.
**  This library is for example available at
***   https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/gpgrt
*** (at least version 1.51 is required.)
***
configure:
***
*** You need libgcrypt to build this program.
**  This library is for example available at
***   https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgcrypt/
*** (at least version 1.11.0 (API 1) is required.)
***
configure:
***
*** You need libassuan to build this program.
*** This library is for example available at
***   https://gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libassuan/
*** (at least version 3.0.0 (API 3) is required).
***
configure: error: 
***
*** Required libraries not found. Please consult the above messages
*** and install them before running configure again.
***

Conclusion

The developer version needs more attention with its configuration. Dealing with libraries is always a little bit tricky. But the GnuPG project provides the tools to circumvent those problems in several ways.

To be continued...