Unable to re-install gpg via Sysnaptic pm(SOLVED)

[soniabu]

Hello everybody.
as I was unable to encrypt a document, I tried to re-install gpg via Sysnaptic pm;
but it returns me the following error with i don't know how to fix.
If anyone can suffer a road from me, I will be grateful to them.

here detail:

debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Gnome
debconf: (Can't locate Gtk3.pm in @INC (you may need to install the Gtk3 module) (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.30.0 /usr/local/share/perl/5.30.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl5/5.30 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.30 /usr/share/perl/5.30 /usr/local/lib/site_perl /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl-base) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Gnome.pm line 151, <> line 2.)
debconf: falling back to frontend: Dialog
(Reading database ... 57229 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../gpg_2.2.19-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking gpg (2.2.19-3ubuntu2) over (2.2.19-3ubuntu2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../gpg-agent_2.2.19-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking gpg-agent (2.2.19-3ubuntu2) over (2.2.19-3ubuntu2) ...
Setting up gpg-agent (2.2.19-3ubuntu2) ...
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.3) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/initramfs-tools.postinst: line 41: /usr/sbin/update-initramfs: Permission denied
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 126
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cryptsetup-initramfs:
cryptsetup-initramfs depends on initramfs-tools (>= 0.129) | linux-initramfs-tool; however:
Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
Package linux-initramfs-tool is not installed.
Package initramfs-tools which provides linux-initramfs-tool is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package cryptsetup-initramfs (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up gpg (2.2.19-3ubuntu2) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
initramfs-tools
cryptsetup-initramfs
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up initramfs-tools (0.136ubuntu6.3) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/initramfs-tools.postinst: line 41: /usr/sbin/update-initramfs: Permission denied
dpkg: error processing package initramfs-tools (--configure):
installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 126
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of cryptsetup-initramfs:
cryptsetup-initramfs depends on initramfs-tools (>= 0.129) | linux-initramfs-tool; however:
Package initramfs-tools is not configured yet.
Package linux-initramfs-tool is not installed.
Package initramfs-tools which provides linux-initramfs-tool is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package cryptsetup-initramfs (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
initramfs-tools
cryptsetup-initramfs

[rcrsn51]

@Sonia: What is your objective? To simply encrypt some files for your own personal security? Or to send them across the Internet using a full public/private key procedure?

[soniabu]

for now just for my safety, currently I don't need to send on the internet.
They are personal files that I wanted to encrypt. I could also use cryptomator
but as the default is gpg in the system I thought it would be useful to use the latter.

[rcrsn51]

Project removed on the advice of rufwoof.

[user1111]

PeasyCrypt starts with a single file or directory structure of files. It compresses the data into one file and encrypts it with Ccrypt. The dependencies are ccrypt and lzop.

lzop has a fixed 9 byte magic number. ccrypt even provides a tool to 'crack' its password if you forget it. The combination was 'good enough' in time-passed, less so with time.

Even knowing just a small part of the clear text content in a encrypted sequence can dramatically reduce the time required to crack the encryption. When you think about it, secure (encrypted) internet traffic pre-cursored with a dns lookup, when google can see both, and they could also access the same web page clear text to at least gain a insight into the encryption key (encrypted data + them retrieving the clear text content as indicated by the IP/DNS => key). Perhaps why google would prefer everyone used their 8.8.8.8 dns server array.

[soniabu]

well, thx rcrsn51 and thx rufwoof
sonia

[rcrsn51]

lzop has a fixed 9 byte magic number. ccrypt even provides a tool to 'crack' its password if you forget it. The combination was 'good enough' in time-passed, less so with time.

Even knowing just a small part of the clear text content in a encrypted sequence can dramatically reduce the time required to crack the encryption. When you think about it, secure (encrypted) internet traffic pre-cursored with a dns lookup, when google can see both, and they could also access the same web page clear text to at least gain a insight into the encryption key (encrypted data + them retrieving the clear text content as indicated by the IP/DNS => key). Perhaps why google would prefer everyone used their 8.8.8.8 dns server array.

Project removed. I will leave it to rufwoof to provide a more secure solution.

[watchdog]

My "enemy" is not Google but my wife: if you want to be "secured" from your wife Peasycrypt should be enough. I was fast enough to download it even though I usually use the old truecrypt.

[rockedge]

@soniabu

looks like one PERL module is missing. Do you have the devx sfs loaded? If so then a simple cpan install or better yet cpanminus (cpanm) of the module will fix it.
In a terminal try:

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cpan App::cpanminus
cpan Gtk3

or:

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cpan install Gtk3

[soniabu]

Hi Rock ,

I used the second terminal command: ... but when I re-install gpg I always give me same error: E: initramfs-tools: installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 126
E: cryptsetup-initramfs: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured



root@live:~# cpan install Gtk3
Loading internal logger. Log::Log4perl recommended for better logging

CPAN.pm requires configuration, but most of it can be done automatically.
If you answer 'no' below, you will enter an interactive dialog for each
configuration option instead.

Would you like to configure as much as possible automatically? [yes]
Fetching with LWP:
http://www.cpan.org/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
Reading '/root/.cpan/sources/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz'
............................................................................DONE
Fetching with LWP:
http://www.cpan.org/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
Reading '/root/.cpan/sources/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz'
Database was generated on Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:56:33 GMT
.............
New CPAN.pm version (v2.28) available.
[Currently running version is v2.22]
You might want to try
install CPAN
reload cpan
to both upgrade CPAN.pm and run the new version without leaving
the current session.


...............................................................DONE
Fetching with LWP:
http://www.cpan.org/modules/03modlist.data.gz
Reading '/root/.cpan/sources/modules/03modlist.data.gz'
DONE
Writing /root/.cpan/Metadata
Running install for module 'Gtk3'
Fetching with LWP:
http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/X/XA/XAO ... 037.tar.gz
Fetching with LWP:
http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/X/XA/XAOC/CHECKSUMS
Checksum for /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/X/XA/XAOC/Gtk3-0.037.tar.gz ok
'YAML' not installed, will not store persistent state
Configuring X/XA/XAOC/Gtk3-0.037.tar.gz with Makefile.PL
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Warning: prerequisite Cairo::GObject 1.000 not found.
Warning: prerequisite Glib::Object::Introspection 0.043 not found.
Generating a Unix-style Makefile
Writing Makefile for Gtk3
Writing MYMETA.yml and MYMETA.json
XAOC/Gtk3-0.037.tar.gz
/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site -- OK
Running make for X/XA/XAOC/Gtk3-0.037.tar.gz
---- Unsatisfied dependencies detected during ----
---- XAOC/Gtk3-0.037.tar.gz ----
Cairo::GObject [requires]
Glib::Object::Introspection [requires]
Running install for module 'Cairo::GObject'
Fetching with LWP:
http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/X/XA/XAO ... 005.tar.gz
Checksum for /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/X/XA/XAOC/Cairo-GObject-1.005.tar.gz ok
Configuring X/XA/XAOC/Cairo-GObject-1.005.tar.gz with Makefile.PL
Package cairo-gobject was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `cairo-gobject.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'cairo-gobject' found
at Makefile.PL line 77.
*** can not find package cairo-gobject >= 1.10.0
*** check that it is properly installed and available in PKG_CONFIG_PATH
at Makefile.PL line 77.
No 'Makefile' created XAOC/Cairo-GObject-1.005.tar.gz
/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site -- NOT OK
Running install for module 'Glib::Object::Introspection'
Fetching with LWP:
http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/X/XA/XAO ... 049.tar.gz
Checksum for /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/X/XA/XAOC/Glib-Object-Introspection-0.049.tar.gz ok
Configuring X/XA/XAOC/Glib-Object-Introspection-0.049.tar.gz with Makefile.PL
Package gobject-introspection-1.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gobject-introspection-1.0.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'gobject-introspection-1.0' found
at Makefile.PL line 107.
*** can not find package gobject-introspection-1.0 >= 0.10.0
*** check that it is properly installed and available in PKG_CONFIG_PATH
at Makefile.PL line 107.
No 'Makefile' created XAOC/Glib-Object-Introspection-0.049.tar.gz
/usr/bin/perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=site -- NOT OK
XAOC/Gtk3-0.037.tar.gz
Has already been unwrapped into directory /root/.cpan/build/Gtk3-0.037-0
XAOC/Gtk3-0.037.tar.gz
Has already been prepared
Running make for X/XA/XAOC/Gtk3-0.037.tar.gz
Warning: Prerequisite 'Cairo::GObject => 1.000' for 'XAOC/Gtk3-0.037.tar.gz' failed when processing 'XAOC/Cairo-GObject-1.005.tar.gz' with 'writemakefile => NO -- No 'Makefile' created
'. Continuing, but chances to succeed are limited.
Warning: Prerequisite 'Glib::Object::Introspection => 0.043' for 'XAOC/Gtk3-0.037.tar.gz' failed when processing 'XAOC/Glib-Object-Introspection-0.049.tar.gz' with 'writemakefile => NO -- No 'Makefile' created
'. Continuing, but chances to succeed are limited.
XAOC/Gtk3-0.037.tar.gz
make -- NOT OK
No such file or directory
root@live:~#

[rockedge]

I'll run through an install of gpg to see what's happening. It looks like more PERL modules can not be built because of some missing libraries....let's see if we can track them down!

[fredx181]

@sonia and @rockedge, the "Can't locate Gtk3.pm in @INC" warning from synaptic is harmless.
The failed re-install of gpg that sonia experienced cannot have to do with it.
BTW, I cannot reproduce it on Fossadog (I assume it's the OS we're talking about, yes?), re-installing gpg went fine for me.

@sonia, I am using FossaDog-2020-09-19_64-bit-UEFI.iso, you too ?
The "installed initramfs-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error" is a bad error, looks like something went wrong in your FD install.
EDIT: your output shows: " /usr/sbin/update-initramfs: Permission denied" Can you check that file if it's executable or not ? (it should be) or some other reason that you can think of why the "Permission denied"

EDIT: FYI, the gtk3 perl module can be in installed with synaptic or apt:

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apt install libgtk3-perl

(so no need to use cpan for that)

Fred

[soniabu]

Firstly, thanks Fred for your kind concern.
So my SO is:

****
/usr/sbin/update.initramfs in properties was non-exec; now set it to exec.
***
Now I re-install libgtk3-perl and then try to re-install gpg and see what it does.
I keep you informed.
thanks again sonia

[soniabu]

FRED... FRED ... FRED ...



many ths Sonia