How To Install gpgv-static on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgv-static on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gpgv-static
gpgv-static 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 RFC 4880.
This is GnuPG’s signature verification tool, gpgv, built statically so that it can be directly used on any platform that is running on the Linux kernel. Android and ChromeOS are two well known examples, but there are many other platforms that this will work for, like embedded Linux OSes. This gpgv in combination with debootstrap and the Debian archive keyring allows the secure creation of chroot installs on these platforms by using the full Debian signature verification that is present in all official Debian mirrors.
There are three methods to install gpgv-static 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 gpgv-static Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gpgv-static using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gpgv-static
Install gpgv-static Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gpgv-static using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gpgv-static
Install gpgv-static 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 gpgv-static using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gpgv-static
How To Uninstall gpgv-static on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gpgv-static package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gpgv-static
Uninstall gpgv-static And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gpgv-static and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpgv-static
Remove gpgv-static Configurations and Data
To remove gpgv-static configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gpgv-static
Remove gpgv-static configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gpgv-static configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpgv-static
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gpgv-static package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
