How To Install gpgconf on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgconf on Ubuntu 20.04. gpgconf is GNU privacy guard - core configuration utilities GNU privacy guard - core configuration utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgconf on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `gpgconf`

gpgconf is:

GnuPG is GNU’s tool for secure communication and data storage.

This package contains core utilities used by different tools in the suite offered by GnuPG. It can be used to programmatically edit config files for tools in the GnuPG suite, to launch or terminate per-user daemons (if installed), etc. 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: gpgconf 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: 409 Depends: libassuan0 (>= 2.5.0), libc6 (>= 2.25), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.35), libreadline8 (>= 6.0) Breaks: gnupg (« 2.1.21-4), gnupg-agent (« 2.1.21-4) Replaces: gnupg (« 2.1.21-4), gnupg-agent (« 2.1.21-4) Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gpgconf_2.2.19-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 123744 MD5sum: 92af05b10e7d80062b4cb1a85d3fac4e SHA1: fa4fca51a4635ce12c12a1ca7ce5cc37824aaaff SHA256: 557c2f1900efac07102f594b08bab271ce1b827d06efe6de7bcbad76fda5a5bb Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/ Description-en: GNU privacy guard - core configuration utilities GnuPG is GNU’s tool for secure communication and data storage.

There are three methods to install gpgconf 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 gpgconf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gpgconf

Install gpgconf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gpgconf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gpgconf

Install gpgconf 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 gpgconf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gpgconf

How To Uninstall gpgconf on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gpgconf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gpgconf

Uninstall gpgconf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gpgconf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpgconf

Remove gpgconf Configurations and Data

To remove gpgconf configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gpgconf

Remove gpgconf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpgconf

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgconf package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.