Why are gpg key options not displayed when generating a key?

Question

I want to generate a GPG key interactively in expert mode.

gpg --expert --gen-key 

I only have the name, email and a prompt for a passphrase, no key size, key type, etc., why would it be so?

Answer 1

I guess this is version dependent. Try --full-gen-key instead of --gen-key. You can also try gpg2 instead of gpg.