Quote from: mocacinno on September 29, 2020, 09:02:32 AM

Well, maybe it's due to the fact i haven't used any desktop environment in a while, but i think using a gui overcomplicates things quite a bit.

The simpelest way would be

open a terminal
gpg --gen-key
leave default settings, enter name + email
chose a password

done

No need for all those gui clicks'n'misses... Just open a terminal, enter one command, follow the wizard and you're done...

I already tried that. See above. I managed to generate a personal PGP key but I don't know where to go from there.

Quote from: HCP on September 30, 2020, 06:04:08 AM

Quote from: Sutters Mill on September 29, 2020, 08:50:25 AM

I did manage to get this far before but then how do I use those to encrypt/decrypt messages as there doesn't seem to be any way to do this??? Thanks.

Quote from: Sutters Mill on September 28, 2020, 03:56:57 PM

... I've been asked to encrypt a message and I'm having difficulties generating my key.

What exactly has the other party requested that you do with regards to "encrypting a message"? Huh

Are they wanting to communicate using PGP encrypted emails or IMs or something? Or have they asked that you "sign a message" using a Bitcoin address? Huh

I can sign a message from a bitcoin address. I'm looking to try figure out how to encrypt and decrypt messages for communication.