How To Install agent-transfer on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 385 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install agent-transfer on Ubuntu.
What is agent-transfer
agent-transfer is:
agent-transfer is a simple utility to extract a secret RSA or Ed25519 key from GnuPG’s gpg-agent and send it to a running ssh-agent. This is useful for those who prefer the runtime semantics and behavior of OpenSSH’s ssh-agent, but whose secret keys are held in long-term storage by GnuPG’s gpg-agent.
This tool comes from the monkeysphere project.
There are three methods to install agent-transfer on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install agent-transfer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install agent-transfer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install agent-transfer
Install agent-transfer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install agent-transfer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install agent-transfer
Install agent-transfer Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install agent-transfer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install agent-transfer
How To Uninstall agent-transfer on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the agent-transfer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove agent-transfer
Uninstall agent-transfer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall agent-transfer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove agent-transfer
Remove agent-transfer Configurations and Data
To remove agent-transfer configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge agent-transfer
Remove agent-transfer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove agent-transfer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge agent-transfer
Dependencies
agent-transfer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install agent-transfer package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.