How To Install seahorse on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install seahorse on Debian 10.
What is seahorse
seahorse is:
Seahorse is a front end for GnuPG - the GNU Privacy Guard program - that integrates to the GNOME desktop. It is a tool for secure communications and data storage. Data encryption and digital signature creation can easily be performed through a GUI and Key Management operations can easily be carried out through an intuitive interface.
There are three methods to install seahorse on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install seahorse Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install seahorse using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install seahorse
Install seahorse Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install seahorse using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install seahorse
Install seahorse 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 seahorse using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install seahorse
How To Uninstall seahorse on Debian 10
To uninstall only the seahorse package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove seahorse
Uninstall seahorse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall seahorse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove seahorse
Remove seahorse Configurations and Data
To remove seahorse configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge seahorse
Remove seahorse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove seahorse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge seahorse
Dependencies
seahorse have the following dependencies:
- dconf-gsettings-backend
- libatk1.0-0
- libavahi-client3
- libavahi-common3
- libavahi-glib1
- libc6
- libgck-1-0
- libgcr-base-3-1
- libgcr-ui-3-1
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgpgme11
- libgtk-3-0
- libldap-2.4-2
- libsecret-1-0
- libsoup2.4-1
- gcr
- gnome-keyring
- gnupg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install seahorse package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.