How To Install gnupg-agent on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnupg-agent on Kali Linux.

What is gnupg-agent

gnupg-agent is:

GnuPG is GNU’s tool for secure communication and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures. It includes an advanced key management facility and is compliant with the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard as described in RFC4880.

This is a dummy transitional package; please use gpg-agent instead.

There are three methods to install gnupg-agent on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gnupg-agent Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnupg-agent

Install gnupg-agent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnupg-agent

Install gnupg-agent Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gnupg-agent using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnupg-agent

How To Uninstall gnupg-agent on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gnupg-agent package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnupg-agent

Uninstall gnupg-agent And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnupg-agent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnupg-agent

Remove gnupg-agent Configurations and Data

To remove gnupg-agent configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnupg-agent

Remove gnupg-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnupg-agent

Dependencies

gnupg-agent have the following dependencies:

• gpg-agent

References

• gnupg-agent website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnupg-agent package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.