---
name: "gpa"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "gpa"
version: "0.10.0-5"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gpa"
---

# gpa(1)

graphical frontend for the GNU Privacy Guard

## NAME

gpa - graphical frontend for the GNU Privacy Guard

## SYNOPSIS

**gpa** \[**OPTION(S)**\] \[*FILE(S)*\]

## DESCRIPTION

The GNU Privacy Assistant (GPA) is a graphical user interface for the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG).

**gpa** can be used to encrypt, decrypt, and sign files, to verify signatures and to manage the private and public keys.

## OPTIONS

- **-c, --clipboard**

  Open the clipboard.  This is the *default* action if no arguments are given and a key has already been created.

- **-C, --card**

  Start with the card-manager open.

- **-d, --daemon**

  Only start the UI server and no user interface.

- **--no-remote**

  Do not connect to a running instance but start a new one.  This can also be used to not start an UI server.

- **--debug-edit-fsm**

  Debug the Finite State Machine (FSM).

- **--disable-ticker**

  Disable ticker used for card operations.

- **--disable-x509**

  Disable support for X.509.

- **--enable-logging**

  Enable logging on Win32 systems.

- **-f, --files**

  Start with the file-manager open. This is the *default* if one or more *FILE(S)* are added to the command arguments.

- **-k, --keyring**

  Start with the keyring editor. This is the *default* for a new installation.

- **-o, --options=*FILE***

  Read options from the specified file instead of *~/.gnupg/gpa.conf*.

- **-s, --settings**

  Open the settings dialog.

- **-v, --version**

  Print version information and exit.

- **--help-gtk**

  Print options related to GTK. See also [**gtk-options**(7)](/gtk-options/7.md).

- **-?, --help, --help-all**

  Print usage information and exit.

## FILES

- *~/.gnupg/gpa.conf*

  Standard user configuration file read by **gpa** on startup.

- *~/.gnupg/S.uiserver*

  Socket listening for commands to the UI server.

## BUGS

Please report bugs to *http://bugs.gnupg.org/*.

## AUTHORS

**gpa** was mainly written by **Bernhard Herzog**, **Marcus Brinkmann**, **Miguel Coca**, and **Werner Koch**.  See the *help menu* and *http://gitstats.gnupg.org/gpa/authors.html* for a detailed list.

This manual page was written by **Arthur de Jong** \<adejong@debian.org\> and **Daniel Leidert** \<daniel.leidert@wgdd.de\> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

## SEE ALSO

[**gpg**(1)](/gpg/1.md), [**gpg2**(1)](/gpg2/1.md), [**gpgconf**(1)](/gpgconf/1.md), [**gpgsm**(1)](/gpgsm/1.md), [**gtk-options**(7)](/gtk-options/7.md)