How To Install gpg-wks-client on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpg-wks-client on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpg-wks-client package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
