How To Install monkeysign on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install monkeysign on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is monkeysign
monkeysign is:
monkeysign is a tool to overhaul the OpenPGP keysigning experience and bring it closer to something that most primates can understand.
The project makes use of cheap digital cameras and the type of bar code known as a QRcode to provide a human-friendly yet still-secure keysigning experience.
No more reciting tedious strings of hexadecimal characters. And, you can build a little rogue’s gallery of the people that you have met and exchanged keys with!
Monkeysign is the commandline signing software, a caff replacement. Monkeyscan is the graphical user interface that scans qrcodes.
There are three methods to install monkeysign on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install monkeysign Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install monkeysign using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install monkeysign
Install monkeysign Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install monkeysign using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install monkeysign
Install monkeysign 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 monkeysign using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install monkeysign
How To Uninstall monkeysign on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the monkeysign package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove monkeysign
Uninstall monkeysign And Its Dependencies
To uninstall monkeysign and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove monkeysign
Remove monkeysign Configurations and Data
To remove monkeysign configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge monkeysign
Remove monkeysign configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove monkeysign configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge monkeysign
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install monkeysign package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
