How To Install libgpgme11 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpgme11 on Kali Linux. libgpgme11 is GPGME - GnuPG Made Easy (library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgpgme11 on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgpgme11

Remove libgpgme11 Configurations and Data

To remove libgpgme11 configuration and data from Kali Linux 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 Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.