How To Install gnupg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnupg
on Debian 9.
What is gnupg
gnupg 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 package contains /usr/bin/gpg and some helper utilities like gpgconf and kbxutil.
There are three methods to install gnupg
on Debian 9. 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 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnupg
Install gnupg Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnupg
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnupg
Install gnupg 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 gnupg
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnupg
How To Uninstall gnupg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnupg
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnupg
Uninstall gnupg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnupg
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnupg
Remove gnupg Configurations and Data
To remove gnupg
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnupg
Remove gnupg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnupg
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnupg
Dependencies
gnupg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnupg
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.