How To Install gpg on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpg on Debian 11.
What is gpg
gpg 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 itself, and is useful on its own only for public key operations (encryption, signature verification, listing OpenPGP certificates, etc). If you want full capabilities (including secret key operations, network access, etc), please install the “gnupg” package, which pulls in the full suite of tools.
There are three methods to install gpg 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 gpg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gpg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gpg
Install gpg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gpg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gpg
Install gpg 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 gpg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gpg
How To Uninstall gpg on Debian 11
To uninstall only the gpg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gpg
Uninstall gpg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gpg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpg
Remove gpg Configurations and Data
To remove gpg configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gpg
Remove gpg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gpg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpg
Dependencies
gpg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpg package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.