How To Install seahorse-sharing on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install seahorse-sharing on Ubuntu 18.04. seahorse-sharing is Daemon for sharing your GnuPG keys

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install seahorse-sharing on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is seahorse-sharing

seahorse-sharing is:

A daemon for sharing your GnuPG keys using HKP key sharing discovered with DNS-SD.

There are three methods to install seahorse-sharing 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 seahorse-sharing 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-sharing using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install seahorse-sharing

Install seahorse-sharing Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install seahorse-sharing

Install seahorse-sharing 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 seahorse-sharing using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install seahorse-sharing

How To Uninstall seahorse-sharing on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the seahorse-sharing package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove seahorse-sharing

Uninstall seahorse-sharing And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove seahorse-sharing

Remove seahorse-sharing Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge seahorse-sharing

Remove seahorse-sharing configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge seahorse-sharing

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Summary

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