How To Install libgnupg-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnupg-perl
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgnupg-perl
libgnupg-perl is:
GnuPG is a Perl module that provides a limited programmatic interface to the GNU Privacy Guard program. It uses the coprocess hook system provided by gpg and communicates using shared memory. It attempts to map the interactive interface offered by the gpg command-line tool to a more programmatic API.
This module is compatible with the “classic” 1.4 version of gnupg only. It does not work with modern gnupg 2.1x currently.
There are three methods to install libgnupg-perl
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 libgnupg-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgnupg-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgnupg-perl
Install libgnupg-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgnupg-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgnupg-perl
Install libgnupg-perl 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 libgnupg-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgnupg-perl
How To Uninstall libgnupg-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgnupg-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgnupg-perl
Uninstall libgnupg-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgnupg-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnupg-perl
Remove libgnupg-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libgnupg-perl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgnupg-perl
Remove libgnupg-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgnupg-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnupg-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnupg-perl
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.