Fresh build on current dist-upgrade of Kali linux. gpa invoked from command line
or gui results in following errors rendering gpa unuseable:

GUI: GPA Error: Fatal Error in GPGME Library; (invoked from file configdialog.c:
line 1447); Unsupported protocol; The application will be terminated.

Command line: (gpa:3650): CRITICAL : gpa_start_simple_gpg_command:
assertion `argv[0]' failed