How To Install sks on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sks
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is sks
sks is:
SKS is an OpenPGP key server that correctly handles all OpenPGP features defined in RFC2440 and RFC4880, including photoID packages and multiple subkeys.
This key server implementation uses an efficient and reliable reconciliation algorithm to keep the database in sync with other SKS servers. Additionally it can both send and receive PKS style sync emails.
There are three methods to install sks
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sks Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sks
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sks
Install sks Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sks
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sks
Install sks 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 sks
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sks
How To Uninstall sks on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the sks
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sks
Uninstall sks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sks
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sks
Remove sks Configurations and Data
To remove sks
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sks
Remove sks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sks
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sks
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sks
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.