How To Install hopenpgp-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hopenpgp-tools on Debian 9.
What is hopenpgp-tools
hopenpgp-tools is:
These utilities, hot, hokey, and hkt, are works in progress. They provide some OpenPGP-related functionality.
There are three methods to install hopenpgp-tools on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install hopenpgp-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hopenpgp-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hopenpgp-tools
Install hopenpgp-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hopenpgp-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hopenpgp-tools
Install hopenpgp-tools 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 hopenpgp-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hopenpgp-tools
How To Uninstall hopenpgp-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the hopenpgp-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hopenpgp-tools
Uninstall hopenpgp-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hopenpgp-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hopenpgp-tools
Remove hopenpgp-tools Configurations and Data
To remove hopenpgp-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hopenpgp-tools
Remove hopenpgp-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hopenpgp-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hopenpgp-tools
Dependencies
hopenpgp-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hopenpgp-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.