How To Install gpgsm on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgsm on Ubuntu 20.04. gpgsm is GNU privacy guard - S/MIME version GNU privacy guard - S/MIME version

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgsm on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `gpgsm`

gpgsm 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 the gpgsm program. gpgsm is a tool to provide digital encryption and signing services on X.509 certificates and the CMS protocol. gpgsm includes complete certificate management. Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, samba-server, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, mail-server, ubuntu-core, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: gpgsm Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.2.19-3ubuntu2 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: utils Source: gnupg2 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 568 Depends: gpgconf (= 2.2.19-3ubuntu2), libassuan0 (>= 2.5.0), libc6 (>= 2.25), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.35), libksba8 (>= 1.3.4), libreadline8 (>= 6.0) Recommends: gnupg (= 2.2.19-3ubuntu2) Breaks: gnupg2 (« 2.1.10-2) Replaces: gnupg2 (« 2.1.10-2) Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gpgsm_2.2.19-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 216812 MD5sum: 1aaee910238836db197dacee74af3e5f SHA1: bfd85b06b3ff879b978ee6843c4f67f4f12d171f SHA256: ed7f2f431aba977e4ac8bbd37d9506b14b6aa6725624ac0b3f44a19de28e493d Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/ Description-en: GNU privacy guard - S/MIME version 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.

There are three methods to install gpgsm on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gpgsm Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gpgsm using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gpgsm

Install gpgsm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gpgsm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gpgsm

Install gpgsm 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 gpgsm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gpgsm

How To Uninstall gpgsm on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gpgsm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gpgsm

Uninstall gpgsm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gpgsm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpgsm

Remove gpgsm Configurations and Data

To remove gpgsm configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gpgsm

Remove gpgsm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gpgsm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpgsm

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgsm package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.