How To Install gpg-wks-client on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpg-wks-client on Debian 11. gpg-wks-client is GNU privacy guard - Web Key Service client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpg-wks-client on Debian 11.

What is gpg-wks-client

gpg-wks-client 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 provides the GnuPG client for the Web Key Service protocol.

A Web Key Service is a service that allows users to upload keys per mail to be verified over https as described in https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-koch-openpgp-webkey-service

For more information see: https://wiki.gnupg.org/WKS

There are three methods to install gpg-wks-client 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-wks-client 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-wks-client using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gpg-wks-client

Install gpg-wks-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gpg-wks-client using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gpg-wks-client

Install gpg-wks-client 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-wks-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gpg-wks-client

How To Uninstall gpg-wks-client on Debian 11

To uninstall only the gpg-wks-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gpg-wks-client

Uninstall gpg-wks-client And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gpg-wks-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpg-wks-client

Remove gpg-wks-client Configurations and Data

To remove gpg-wks-client configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gpg-wks-client

Remove gpg-wks-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gpg-wks-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpg-wks-client

Dependencies

gpg-wks-client have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpg-wks-client package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.