How To Install minisign on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install minisign on Debian 12.
What is minisign
minisign is:
Minisign is a dead simple tool to sign files and verify signatures. It is portable, lightweight, and uses the highly secure Ed25519 public-key signature system. Signature files include an untrusted comment line that can be freely modified, even after signature creation. They also include a second comment line, that cannot be modified without the secret key. Trusted comments can be used to add instructions or application-specific metadata (intended file name, timestamps, resource identifiers, version numbers to prevent downgrade attacks).
There are three methods to install minisign on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install minisign Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install minisign using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install minisign
Install minisign Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install minisign using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install minisign
Install minisign 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install minisign using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install minisign
How To Uninstall minisign on Debian 12
To uninstall only the minisign package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove minisign
Uninstall minisign And Its Dependencies
To uninstall minisign and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove minisign
Remove minisign Configurations and Data
To remove minisign configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge minisign
Remove minisign configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove minisign configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minisign
Dependencies
minisign have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install minisign package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
