How To Install gnupg2 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnupg2 on Debian 11.
What is gnupg2
gnupg2 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 that provides symlinks from gpg2 to gpg.
There are three methods to install gnupg2 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 gnupg2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnupg2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnupg2
Install gnupg2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnupg2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnupg2
Install gnupg2 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 gnupg2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnupg2
How To Uninstall gnupg2 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the gnupg2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnupg2
Uninstall gnupg2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnupg2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnupg2
Remove gnupg2 Configurations and Data
To remove gnupg2 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnupg2
Remove gnupg2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnupg2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnupg2
Dependencies
gnupg2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnupg2 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.