How To Install gpg-wks-server on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpg-wks-server on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gpg-wks-server
gpg-wks-server is:
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 RFC4880.
This package provides the GnuPG server for the Web Key Service protocol.
A Web Key Service is a service that allows users to upload keys per mail to be verified over https as described in https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-koch-openpgp-webkey-service
For more information see: https://wiki.gnupg.org/WKS Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, samba-server, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, mail-server, ubuntu-core, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: gpg-wks-server Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.2.19-3ubuntu2 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: utils Source: gnupg2 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 255 Depends: gpg (= 2.2.19-3ubuntu2), gpg-agent (= 2.2.19-3ubuntu2), libc6 (>= 2.25), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.35) Recommends: gnupg (= 2.2.19-3ubuntu2) Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gpg-wks-server_2.2.19-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 90268 MD5sum: c3b1c606c2872062765bd6cc25e72e3b SHA1: 0b53b14b336f4abdcb3ed6003be06ae9ed973e30 SHA256: d83035fe09270583c345c509a6804a98c8856f84335a50a5ae6aa15c0057eefd Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/ Description-en: GNU privacy guard - Web Key Service server 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 RFC4880.
This package provides the GnuPG server for the Web Key Service protocol.
A Web Key Service is a service that allows users to upload keys per mail to be verified over https as described in https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-koch-openpgp-webkey-service
For more information see: https://wiki.gnupg.org/WKS Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, samba-server, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, mail-server, ubuntu-core, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install gpg-wks-server on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gpg-wks-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gpg-wks-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gpg-wks-server
Install gpg-wks-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gpg-wks-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gpg-wks-server
Install gpg-wks-server 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 gpg-wks-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gpg-wks-server
How To Uninstall gpg-wks-server on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gpg-wks-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gpg-wks-server
Uninstall gpg-wks-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gpg-wks-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpg-wks-server
Remove gpg-wks-server Configurations and Data
To remove gpg-wks-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gpg-wks-server
Remove gpg-wks-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gpg-wks-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpg-wks-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpg-wks-server package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
