How To Install gnupg-utils on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnupg-utils on Ubuntu.
What is gnupg-utils
gnupg-utils is:
GnuPG is GNU’s tool for secure communication and data storage.
This package contains several useful utilities for manipulating OpenPGP data and other related cryptographic elements. It includes:
- addgnupghome – create .gnupg home directories
- applygnupgdefaults – run gpgconf –apply-defaults for all users
- gpgcompose – an experimental tool for constructing arbitrary sequences of OpenPGP packets (e.g. for testing)
- gpgparsemail – parse an e-mail message into annotated format
- gpgsplit – split a sequence of OpenPGP packets into files
- gpgtar – encrypt or sign files in an archive
- kbxutil – list, export, import Keybox data
- lspgpot – convert PGP ownertrust values to GnuPG
- migrate-pubring-from-classic-gpg – use only “modern” formats
- symcryptrun – use simple symmetric encryption tool in GnuPG framework
- watchgnupg – watch socket-based logs
There are three methods to install gnupg-utils 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 gnupg-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnupg-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnupg-utils
Install gnupg-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnupg-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnupg-utils
Install gnupg-utils 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 gnupg-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnupg-utils
How To Uninstall gnupg-utils on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gnupg-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnupg-utils
Uninstall gnupg-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnupg-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnupg-utils
Remove gnupg-utils Configurations and Data
To remove gnupg-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnupg-utils
Remove gnupg-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnupg-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnupg-utils
Dependencies
gnupg-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnupg-utils package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.