How To Install libgpgme11 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpgme11 on Debian 11.
What is libgpgme11
libgpgme11 is:
GPGME is a wrapper library which provides a C API to access some of the GnuPG functions, such as encrypt, decrypt, sign, verify, …
This package contains the library.
There are three methods to install libgpgme11 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgpgme11 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgpgme11 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgpgme11
Install libgpgme11 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgpgme11 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgpgme11
Install libgpgme11 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 libgpgme11 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgpgme11
How To Uninstall libgpgme11 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libgpgme11 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgpgme11
Uninstall libgpgme11 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgpgme11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgpgme11
Remove libgpgme11 Configurations and Data
To remove libgpgme11 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgpgme11
Remove libgpgme11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgpgme11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgpgme11
Dependencies
libgpgme11 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpgme11 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.