How To Install gpg-remailer on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpg-remailer on Debian 12.
What is gpg-remailer
gpg-remailer is:
Gpg-remailer is somewhat similar to ordinary mailing list software, but all e-mail processed by gpg-remailer is PGP/GPG signed and encrypted.
Gpg-remailer decrypts received PGP/GPG messages, verifies the received signature and re-encrypts the e-mail for the members of a well defined group of recipients. Using gpg-remailer the list of members of a group of people who want to exchange encrypted and authenticated e-mail can be maintained at one location, allowing the members of the group to specify just one e-mail address to send PGP/GPG signed and encrypted e-mail to.
Gpg-remailer recognizes the following e-mail formats: * Standard simple encrypted messages. * Multi-part encrypted messages. * Encrypted messages containing detached signatures.
There are three methods to install gpg-remailer on Debian 12. 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-remailer 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-remailer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gpg-remailer
Install gpg-remailer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gpg-remailer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gpg-remailer
Install gpg-remailer 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-remailer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gpg-remailer
How To Uninstall gpg-remailer on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gpg-remailer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gpg-remailer
Uninstall gpg-remailer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gpg-remailer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpg-remailer
Remove gpg-remailer Configurations and Data
To remove gpg-remailer configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gpg-remailer
Remove gpg-remailer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gpg-remailer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpg-remailer
Dependencies
gpg-remailer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpg-remailer package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.