Unable to generate a new keypair, GPGME error

[ejm554]

I'm a first-time user of GpgFrontend. When attempting to create a new keypair, I received an "General Error" message that referenced GPGME, which I assume is the GnuPG Made Easy library. See screenshot.

I tried adjusting a few values on the Generate Key window, but it didn't make a difference. I looked to see if this issue was reported earlier, but I couldn't find anything.

I checked one of the logs, and I do see a line that may provide a clue:

[21:39:38.593] [T:5984366] [ core ] [ error ] [GpgCoreInit.cpp:191] [InitGpgME] -> gpgme env check failed, abort (+2413us)

(For reference, see the full copy of the core.log.)

FYI, I installed the previous release of GpgFrontend (2.1.3) because the newest release isn't compatible with my macOS (11.7.10, Big Sur).

[saturneric]

Have you installed GnuPG correctly in your computer? This is crucial for GpgFrontend.

[Aipathon]

@saturneric This Error still Occurs on Fedora, Arch and Windows. I also checked and installed GnuPG.

[saturneric]

What is the path where "gpg" and "gpgconf" is installed? Is it in PATH? It looks like GpgME can't find it.

[saturneric]

and the version of gpg should be greater than 2.1.0

[Aipathon]

Ok so I checked and as described in the Arch wiki gpg frontend is installed is installed via flatpak under /var/lib/flatpak/exports/bin. My Version is 2.1.4. This was tested on Arch Linux.

[saturneric]

Ok. Emmm... Can you try the nightly build (AppImage)? It has a new option "-e". Starting with "./GpgFrontend.AppImage -e", GpgFrontend will print all the necessary Environment Information. This will help us to discover the bug before v2.1.6.

Nightly Build: https://github.com/saturneric/GpgFrontend/releases/tag/nightly