How To Install gpgme-json 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 gpgme-json on Ubuntu.

What is `gpgme-json`

gpgme-json is:

This interface allows web-browser extentions to communicate with gpgme from Chromium and Mozilla web-bworses. Installing this package should allow Mailvelope extension to work for example

There are three methods to install gpgme-json 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 gpgme-json Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gpgme-json using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gpgme-json

Install gpgme-json Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gpgme-json using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gpgme-json

Install gpgme-json 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 gpgme-json using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gpgme-json

How To Uninstall gpgme-json on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the gpgme-json package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gpgme-json

Uninstall gpgme-json And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gpgme-json and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpgme-json

Remove gpgme-json Configurations and Data

To remove gpgme-json configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gpgme-json

Remove gpgme-json configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gpgme-json configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpgme-json

Dependencies

gpgme-json have the following dependencies:

References

gpgme-json website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgme-json package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.