Install gnupg on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install gnupg
Learn how to install gnupg with the command sudo apt-get install gnupg on Ubuntus.
Quick installation of gnupg:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: gnupg
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install gnupg
Package Details | |
| Package: | gnupg |
| Version: | 1.4.11-3ubuntu2.10 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://www.gnupg.org |
| Description: | GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement GnuPG is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures. It includes an advanced key management facility and is compliant with the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard as described in RFC 4880. . GnuPG 1.4 is the standalone, non-modularized series. In contrast to the version 2 series, shipped with the gnupg2 package, it comes with no support for S/MIME and some other tools useful for desktop environments, but also with less dependencies. . The gnupg package is built without libcurl. So it does not support HKPS keyservers. Install the gnupg-curl package if you want to use the keyserver helper tools built with libcurl and supporting HKPS. . GnuPG does not use any patented algorithms. This means it cannot be compatible with PGP2, because that uses IDEA (which is patented in a number of countries). Multi-Arch: foreign Homepage: http://www.gnupg.org |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | utils |
How to install gnupg on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If gnupg is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L gnupg' will give followin error.
Installing gnupg:
After system update use the following command to install gnupg:
sudo apt-get install gnupg
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove gnupg from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the gnupg from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the gnupg following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove gnupg
Following command is used to remove the gnupg package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove gnupg
This will remove gnupg and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing gnupg with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge gnupg
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove gnupg
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with gnupg package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.