How To Install gopass on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gopass on Debian 11.
What is gopass
gopass is:
gopass is a Pass (http://www.passwordstore.org/) implementation in Go.
Password management should be simple and follow Unix philosophy. With gopass, each password lives inside of a gpg encrypted file whose filename is the title of the website or resource that requires the password. These encrypted files may be organized into meaningful folder hierarchies, copied from computer to computer, and, in general, manipulated using standard command line file management utilities.
This package is not gopass.pw (similar project with the same name).
This package contains the gopass executable.
There are three methods to install gopass on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gopass Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gopass using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gopass
Install gopass Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gopass using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gopass
Install gopass 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 gopass using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gopass
How To Uninstall gopass on Debian 11
To uninstall only the gopass package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gopass
Uninstall gopass And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gopass and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gopass
Remove gopass Configurations and Data
To remove gopass configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gopass
Remove gopass configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gopass configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gopass
Dependencies
gopass have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gopass package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
