How To Install signify-openbsd on Debian 10

Learn how to install signify-openbsd on Debian 10 with this tutorial. signify-openbsd is Lightweight cryptographic signing and verifying tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install signify-openbsd on Debian 10.

What is signify-openbsd

signify-openbsd is:

Similar to GNU Privacy Guard (GPG), signify is the tool which OpenBSD uses to cryptographically sign its releases, so that you can be sure that you are actually getting a release made by OpenBSD, as opposed to a malicious forgery designed to look the same.

Signify’s usage is not limited to OpenBSD’s releases, however - it can be used to sign anything.

So that it will work on Linux, the version of signify provided in this package is not exactly the same as the version provided in OpenBSD’s CVS tree.

Please note that OpenBSD’s public keys are not included with this package; you will have to find your own version in order to verify their releases.

There are three methods to install signify-openbsd on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install signify-openbsd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install signify-openbsd

Install signify-openbsd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install signify-openbsd

Install signify-openbsd 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 signify-openbsd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install signify-openbsd

How To Uninstall signify-openbsd on Debian 10

To uninstall only the signify-openbsd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove signify-openbsd

Uninstall signify-openbsd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall signify-openbsd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove signify-openbsd

Remove signify-openbsd Configurations and Data

To remove signify-openbsd configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge signify-openbsd

Remove signify-openbsd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge signify-openbsd

Dependencies

signify-openbsd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install signify-openbsd package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.