How To Install monkeysign-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install monkeysign-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. monkeysign-doc is OpenPGP key signing and exchange for humans (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install monkeysign-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is monkeysign-doc

monkeysign-doc is:

monkeysign is a tool to overhaul the OpenPGP keysigning experience and bring it closer to something that most primates can understand.

The project makes use of cheap digital cameras and the type of bar code known as a QRcode to provide a human-friendly yet still-secure keysigning experience.

No more reciting tedious strings of hexadecimal characters. And, you can build a little rogue’s gallery of the people that you have met and exchanged keys with!

Monkeysign is the commandline signing software, a caff replacement. Monkeyscan is the graphical user interface that scans qrcodes.

This package ships with the builtin documentation.

There are three methods to install monkeysign-doc 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 monkeysign-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install monkeysign-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install monkeysign-doc

Install monkeysign-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install monkeysign-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install monkeysign-doc

Install monkeysign-doc 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 monkeysign-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install monkeysign-doc

How To Uninstall monkeysign-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the monkeysign-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove monkeysign-doc

Uninstall monkeysign-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall monkeysign-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove monkeysign-doc

Remove monkeysign-doc Configurations and Data

To remove monkeysign-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge monkeysign-doc

Remove monkeysign-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove monkeysign-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge monkeysign-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install monkeysign-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.