How To Install sq on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
3 minutes • 430 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sq on Ubuntu.
What is sq
sq is:
sq is a command-line interface for OpenPGP, structured using subcommands and implemented in Rust.
Subcommands include: help, decrypt, encrypt, sign, verify, armor, dearmor, autocrypt, inspect, key, keyring, certify, packet.
It offers modern cryptographic algorithms by default, like Ed25519 and Curve25519.
The tool offers both message handling (encryption, decryption, signing, and verification), and key and certificate management (key generation, certificate maintenance, and certification), and is interoperable with other major OpenPGP implementations like GnuPG (gpg).
WARNING: sq does not have a stable CLI interface yet. Use with caution in scripts. This package contains the following binaries built from the Rust crate “sequoia-sq”:
- sq
There are three methods to install sq 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 sq Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sq using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sq
Install sq Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sq using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sq
Install sq 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 sq using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sq
How To Uninstall sq on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the sq package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sq
Uninstall sq And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sq and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sq
Remove sq Configurations and Data
To remove sq configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sq
Remove sq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sq configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sq
Dependencies
sq have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sq package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.