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libgpg-error

brew install libgpg-error v1.61 LGPL-2.1-or-later

Shared library providing common error codes and messages for GnuPG components.

Why you might care

Libgpg-error is a foundational dependency for GnuPG and related tools that need standardized error handling across the GNU Privacy Guard ecosystem. It decouples error definitions from the main GnuPG library, allowing multiple GnuPG components to share consistent error reporting without circular dependencies. Most users install this transitively when building gpg or libgcrypt.

Categories

library encryption

Alternatives

GnuPG libgcrypt
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Runtime dependencies

gettext

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