[Users] (FreeBSD) Claws Mail PGP/GPG Plugin - "No such file or directory" Error

[Paul]

On Sat, 7 May 2022 20:13:00 -0500
Hunter Ellett <hunter2k1 at disroot.org> wrote: 

> I'm having an issue with the GPG plugin for Claws Mail that
> prevents me from sending any signed messages. I have a good key and have
> the plugin set to the default (and only) key I have, but I get the
> following error:
> 
> >Could not queue message for sending:
> >
> >Signature failed: Data signing failed, No such file or directory  
> 
> And I'm not sure what is causing it. I tried launching from the
> terminal, but this doesn't give me any errors pertaining to GPG. I've
> looked around on the internet and a similar problem appeared to be
> caused by the GPG_TTY variable not being set, so I tried to set
> "GPG_TTY=tty" but still get the same error. 
> 
> Does anyone know what directory Claws Mail must be looking for that
> doesn't exist, how to change it, or perhaps its some other problem
> altogether? Thanks.

GPG_TTY won't help you, Claws Mail uses gpgme and not GnuPG directly.
The last part of the error message, 'No such file or directory', is coming
from gpgme.

First thing first, are you able to sign using gpg (or gpg2) directly on the
command line?

with regards

Paul