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GnuPG-2 provides several utilities that are used by mail clients, such as Kmail and Balsa, including OpenPGP and S/MIME support. GnuPG-2 has a different architecture than GnuPG-1 (e.g. 1.4.5) in that it splits up functionality into several modules. However, both versions may be installed alongside without any conflict. In fact, the gpg version from GnuPG-1 is able to make use of the gpg-agent as included in GnuPG-2 and allows for seamless passphrase caching. The advantage of GnuPG-1 is its smaller size and the lack of dependency on other modules at run and build time.
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GnuPG-2 provides several utilities that are used by mail clients,
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such as Kmail and Balsa, including OpenPGP and S/MIME support.
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GnuPG-2 has a different architecture than GnuPG-1 (e.g. 1.4.5) in that
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it splits up functionality into several modules. However, both
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versions may be installed alongside without any conflict. In fact,
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the gpg version from GnuPG-1 is able to make use of the gpg-agent as
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included in GnuPG-2 and allows for seamless passphrase caching. The
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advantage of GnuPG-1 is its smaller size and the lack of dependency on
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other modules at run and build time.
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