Those wiser than I,
I am attempting to encrypt using GPG.pm. I have searched and have been unable to find any posts with any more ideas. I wrote the following test script as my full CGI was complex and harder to isolate the problem: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser);  #show us the errors in the browser
use GPG;                            #the GPG perl module

my $gpg = new GPG(                    #create a new GPG object
    homedir => '/home/xxxxxx/.gnupg', #specify the directory
    gnupg_path => '/usr/bin',         #non-standard path to gpg binary
    armor => '1',              #make sure the output is ascii armored
    debug => '1'               #debug mode to trouble shoot
);

my $encrypted = $gpg->encrypt("Testing GPG", 'xxxx@xxxxx.com');

# This is where things break down. 
# GPG's debug looks fine but 
# I am unable to use the resulting scalar.
print <<"_END_";
Content-type: text/plain

Encrypted: -> $encrypted <-
_END_

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This is the output in both the browser and the command line. Notice that the scalar $encrypted is empty, however the gpg command seemed to work fine: 
********************************************************************
COMMAND : /usr/bin/gpg -a --homedir /home/xxxxx/.gnupg --batch --no-co
+mment --no-version 
$self->{'homedir'} : /home/xxxxx/.gnupg
$self->{'config'} :  
$self->{'armor'} :   1
$self->{'debug'} :   1
********************************************************************

********************************************************************
COMMAND : 
/usr/bin/gpg -a --homedir /home/xxxxx/.gnupg --batch --no-comment --no
+-version -r xxxxx@xxxxxxx.com --encrypt [PID 20804]
STDIN  :  
Testing GPG
STDOUT :  
-----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----

hQEOA48qWedehilLEAP+OY9G7xnv8QR5iXdg8zt6eccudlO+Qz8liAm7Zxd2JHZW
oo6VKCa913HQuVJvV38c9F4HTIKorL7DaNyqQXI6poFUx4NqAk5slScug8hzbIn3
PucLXP9YBtGiRea5IpWCe1F3f7Rondaq3dnxkx210mtwT4W/i0h2b9BRNv+kwDwD
/RHwL+kVtSAo98C/4TKAihPleiYdtwJ/xcJuV38j2t/V+SgCWE5R7QvwWF/oT395
w5ICu83ox1r6frOH/dnao9mkLrdpLONJfh/gRDRtx1ehLBPgyAxhJTwQDeFoxhTL
OlDftD8p6fTn1ftJjKE9wcoOt02Del+YXRBpOXVHCZUJ0kYBb31wayNPdxGTx6No
l4pjHB67pO2DTqQGg5vkauLqEwWUpFN+ILwLK7zjlmTY/onjkIBB5An4RG0eAnF/
85/ImeXRtCWJ
=dMrS
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----

WARNING : 

STDERR :  
gpg: WARNING: "--no-comment" is a deprecated option
gpg: please use "--no-sk-comments" instead


********************************************************************
Content-type: text/plain

Encrypted: ->  <-

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Thank you so much for your help :-)

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