How To Install pius on Debian 12

Learn how to install pius on Debian 12 with this tutorial. pius is Tools to help before and after key-signing parties

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pius on Debian 12.

What is pius

pius is:

After a key-signing party, pius (the PGP Individual UID Signer) signs each uid on a GPG key individually. Each signature is encrypted and mailed to the email address associated with that particular uid. As a result of this process, the recipient can choose which signatures to import. Also, signatures of inactive uids are not delivered. This tool greatly reduces time and error when signing keys.

Other tools herein are useful for organizers: pius-keyring-mgr builds a party keyring from a CSV file or by scanning mailboxes, and pius-party-worksheet generates a worksheet as a hand out. If someone has not signed your key, pius-report can analyze a party keyring and remind them.

This version supports GPGv2 and uses it by default.

There are three methods to install pius on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install pius Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pius

Install pius Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pius using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pius

Install pius 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 pius using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pius

How To Uninstall pius on Debian 12

To uninstall only the pius package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pius

Uninstall pius And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pius and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pius

Remove pius Configurations and Data

To remove pius configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pius

Remove pius configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pius

Dependencies

pius have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pius package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.