How To Install guncat 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 guncat on Ubuntu.
What is guncat
guncat is:
Guncat acts like unix’s cat command, but handles (partially) encrypted sections of processed files. Sections of guncat’s input files which are surrounded by —–BEGIN PGP MESSAGE—– and —–END PGP MESSAGE—– markers are decrypted before being concatenated to the standard output stream.
Guncat’s output (i.e., the standard output stream) may subsequently be processed by other programs, like grep or less. Guncat supports reading a decryption passphrase either from stdin or from gpg-agent.
Guncat stands for (Gpg UNencrypting CAT) and was designed to facilitate searching through (partially) PGP encrypted files, as encountered in mailboxes, for example.
There are three methods to install guncat 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 guncat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install guncat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install guncat
Install guncat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install guncat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install guncat
Install guncat 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 guncat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install guncat
How To Uninstall guncat on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the guncat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove guncat
Uninstall guncat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall guncat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove guncat
Remove guncat Configurations and Data
To remove guncat configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge guncat
Remove guncat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove guncat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guncat
Dependencies
guncat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install guncat package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.