# phpman > man > gnupg(7)

[GNUPG(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/GNUPG/7/markdown)                                GNU Privacy Guard 2.2                               [GNUPG(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/GNUPG/7/markdown)



## NAME
       **GnuPG** - The GNU Privacy Guard suite of programs

## DESCRIPTION
       GnuPG  is  a  set  of programs for public key encryption and digital signatures.  The program
       most users will want to use is the OpenPGP command line tool, named **gpg2**.  **gpgv**is a  stripped
       down version of **gpg2** with no encryption functionality, used only to verify signatures against
       a trusted keyring.  **gpgsm** is the X.509/CMS (for S/MIME) counterpart of **gpg2**. **gpg-agent**  is  a
       passphrase and private key daemon which may also emulate the **ssh-agent**.

## SEE ALSO
       [**gpg**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gpg/1/markdown), [**gpg2**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gpg2/1/markdown), [**gpgv**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gpgv/1/markdown), [**gpgsm**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gpgsm/1/markdown), [**gpg-agent**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/gpg-agent/1/markdown), [**dirmngr**(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dirmngr/8/markdown), [**scdaemon**(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/scdaemon/1/markdown)

       The  full  documentation  for  this tool is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If GnuPG and the
       info program are properly installed at your site, the command

         info gnupg

       should give you access to the complete manual including a menu structure and an index.




GnuPG 2.2.27                                 2020-12-21                                     [GNUPG(7)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/GNUPG/7/markdown)