D. R. Evans wrote on 08/07/2017 10:45 AM: > Daniel Bareiro wrote on 08/07/2017 09:36 AM: > >>> >>> BUT enigmail won't run because it seems that the current update requires a >>> version of gnupg that is more recent than the official version that is part of >>> the repositories :-( >> >> I don't remember having this issue. I think I just did "aptitude install >> enigmail" and it installed only that package. So I assume that the >> dependencies would already be satisfied with the other packages I had >> installed. >> >> root@orion:~# aptitude show gnupg | grep Versión >> Versión: 1.4.18-7+deb8u3 >> > > Very strange. That's the same version I have installed, but after the official > update of thunderbird and enigmail this morning, enigmail immediately > complained on start-up that it needed a later version of gnupg. Idiotically, I > didn't write down the number, but I think it was 1.5.something. > OK, I just went through the process again. I brought jessie completely up to date, including the thunderbird and enigmail apps, then tried to run thunderbird. At that point, enigmail pops up a box that says that it requires gnupg 2.0.7 or newer (which is obviously later than the 1.4.18 offered by the official repository). See image at: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6s3z6jy5ns3z9qd/gnupg1.png?dl=0 I then downgraded using the same sequence as before, which is how I am able to send this e-mail. Doc -- Web: http://enginehousebooks.com/drevans
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