Error : spawn gpg ENOENT

[taeverapon32]

I try to run examples\encrypt.js and found the error results here

{ Error: spawn gpg ENOENT
at exports._errnoException (util.js:1018:11)
at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:193:32)
at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:367:16)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:80:11)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:104:9)
at Module.runMain (module.js:606:11)
at run (bootstrap_node.js:389:7)
at startup (bootstrap_node.js:149:9)
at bootstrap_node.js:504:3
code: 'ENOENT',
errno: 'ENOENT',
syscall: 'spawn gpg',
path: 'gpg',
spawnargs: [ '--batch', '--encrypt' ] }

[satheeshtcs]

any solution for the above issue?

[freewil]

Have you installed gpg cli tool? What is the output of $ gpg --version ?

[satheeshtcs]

I didn't installed gpg cli tool. I am installed using npm install gpg . Here is my code,

var gpg = require('gpg'),
...
gpg.encryptToFile({source:fileToWrite, dest: './export/test.dat' }, function(err, data){
                console.log(err);
 });

After running this file, I am getting the above error. But empty file is generated inside the export folder.
is there anything need to add.

[freewil]

I didn't installed gpg cli tool

You need to install this in order to use the npm package gpg. This package is a simple wrapper around the cli tool.

[satheeshtcs]

@freewil I am using windows 10 machine. Can you explain which one can i download and install. Also please explain after installation which steps i can follow for using gpg encrypt/decrypt?
UPDATE:
I have installed the GnuPG in my windows machine. After the installation i set environment variable inside path as C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU\GnuPG . After that i tried gpg --version in command prompt. But i am getting the error like gpg is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. . can you explain which i am missing?

[satheeshtcs]

@freewil , After setting C:\Program Files (x86)\GNU\GnuPG\pub in the environment variables i am able to see the gpg --version

gpg (GnuPG) 2.0.29 (Gpg4win 2.3.0)
libgcrypt 1.6.4
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Home: C:/Users/user/AppData/Roaming/gnupg
Supported algorithms:
Pubkey: RSA, RSA, RSA, ELG, DSA
Cipher: IDEA, 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH,
        CAMELLIA128, CAMELLIA192, CAMELLIA256
Hash: MD5, SHA1, RIPEMD160, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224
Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2

I hope it was installed in my system. Then i tried in the code. Now the error is gone. but the file encrypted as 0KB. There is no data inside the file. The code for encryption is below,

gpg.encryptToFile({source:fileToWrite, dest: './export/test.txt' }, function(err, data){
                    console.log(err);
                    });

Suggest me is anything i am missing?

[rjain3]

@satheeshtcs, I am also facing the same error. Will you be able to find any solution for this?

[ReenigneArcher]

I am facing this issue in the codecov-action v4, per codecov/codecov-action#1279 (comment). Same issue in GitHub hosted runners (macOS-12 and macOS-13), macOS-14 does not have the problem.

gpg --version

gpg (GnuPG) 2.4.5
libgcrypt 1.10.3
Copyright (C) 2024 g10 Code GmbH
License GNU GPL-3.0-or-later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Home: /Users/runner/.gnupg
Supported algorithms:
Pubkey: RSA, ELG, DSA, ECDH, ECDSA, EDDSA
Cipher: IDEA, 3DES, CAST5, BLOWFISH, AES, AES192, AES256, TWOFISH,
        CAMELLIA128, CAMELLIA192, CAMELLIA256
Hash: SHA1, RIPEMD[16](https://github.com/LizardByte/Sunshine/actions/runs/8651443319/job/23722157891#step:5:17)0, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, SHA224
Compression: Uncompressed, ZIP, ZLIB, BZIP2

codecov/codecov-action#1371