How To Install dirmngr on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dirmngr on Debian 11.
What is dirmngr
dirmngr is:
dirmngr is a server for managing and downloading OpenPGP and X.509 certificates, as well as updates and status signals related to those certificates. For OpenPGP, this means pulling from the public HKP/HKPS keyservers, or from LDAP servers. For X.509 this includes Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) and Online Certificate Status Protocol updates (OCSP). It is capable of using Tor for network access.
dirmngr is used for network access by gpg, gpgsm, and dirmngr-client, among other tools. Unless this package is installed, the parts of the GnuPG suite that try to interact with the network will fail.
There are three methods to install dirmngr 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 dirmngr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dirmngr using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dirmngr
Install dirmngr Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dirmngr using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dirmngr
Install dirmngr 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 dirmngr using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dirmngr
How To Uninstall dirmngr on Debian 11
To uninstall only the dirmngr package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dirmngr
Uninstall dirmngr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dirmngr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dirmngr
Remove dirmngr Configurations and Data
To remove dirmngr configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dirmngr
Remove dirmngr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dirmngr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dirmngr
Dependencies
dirmngr have the following dependencies:
- adduser
- gpgconf
- lsb-base
- init-system-helpers
- libassuan0
- libc6
- libgcrypt20
- libgnutls30
- libgpg-error0
- libksba8
- libldap-2.4-2
- libnpth0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dirmngr package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.