i hope i stand corrected
$ gpg -vvv --keyserver jirk5u4osbsr34t5.onion --search-keys sexypgp
gpg: using character set 'utf-8'
gpg:
gpg: keyserver search failed: Operation not permitted
$ gpgconf --check-programs
gpg:OpenPGP:/usr/local/bin/gpg:1:1:
gpg-agent:Private Keys:/usr/local/bin/gpg-agent:1:1:
scdaemon:Smartcards:/usr/local/libexec/scdaemon:1:1:
gpgsm:S/MIME:/usr/local/bin/gpgsm:1:1:
dirmngr:Network:/usr/local/bin/dirmngr:1:1:
pinentry:Passphrase Entry:/usr/local/bin/pinentry:1:1:
$ ls -la /usr/local/bin/
drwxrwsr-x 2 root staff 4096 Oct 30 17:39 .
drwxrwsr-x 11 root staff 4096 Oct 28 02:12 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 3 Oct 26 00:02 captoinfo -> tic
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 90200 Oct 26 00:02 clear
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 2407640 Oct 30 17:39 dirmngr
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 481760 Oct 30 17:39 dirmngr-client
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 34744 Oct 25 23:45 dumpsexp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 4216344 Oct 30 17:39 gpg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 1667432 Oct 30 17:39 gpg-agent
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 591960 Oct 30 17:39 gpgconf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 674176 Oct 30 17:39 gpg-connect-agent
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 81640 Oct 25 23:11 gpg-error
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 2201 Oct 25 23:11 gpg-error-config
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 92800 Oct 30 17:39 gpgparsemail
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 837064 Oct 30 17:39 gpgscm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 2163056 Oct 30 17:39 gpgsm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 671016 Oct 30 17:39 gpgtar
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 2053392 Oct 30 17:39 gpgv
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 43720 Oct 25 23:45 hmac256
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 234984 Oct 26 00:02 infocmp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 3 Oct 26 00:02 infotocap -> tic
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 799952 Oct 30 17:39 kbxutil
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 2647 Oct 25 23:47 ksba-config
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 2522 Oct 25 23:48 libassuan-config
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 4003 Oct 25 23:45 libgcrypt-config
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 51256 Oct 25 23:45 mpicalc
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 6016 Oct 26 00:02 ncurses6-config
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 3108 Oct 25 22:58 npth-config
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 14 Oct 30 17:32 pinentry -> pinentry-gtk-2
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 466328 Oct 30 17:32 pinentry-curses
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 556120 Oct 30 17:32 pinentry-gtk-2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff 4 Oct 26 00:02 reset -> tset
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 107384 Oct 26 00:02 tabs
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 265896 Oct 26 00:02 tic
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 161352 Oct 26 00:02 toe
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 107872 Oct 26 00:02 tput
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 96184 Oct 26 00:02 tset
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 41248 Oct 30 17:39 watchgnupg
dirmngr.conf:
use-tor
keyserver hkp://jirk5u4osbsr34t5.onion
any advice to proceed ?