How To Install sq-wot on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sq-wot on Debian 12.
What is sq-wot
sq-wot is:
The “Web of Trust” describes a network of identity assertions (“OpenPGP certifications”) and signing delegations (“OpenPGP trust signatures”), which can be used to formally validate identity information in a cryptographic certificate.
In particular, this tooling allows the user to associate OpenPGP User IDs (or simply the e-mail address part of the User ID) with some set of OpenPGP certificates on the basis of explicit certifications made by trusted parties.
The validation rules and certificate formats used in the Web of Trust support corroborative, multiparty certification, so there is no need to assign full trust to any single party.
This tooling offers a means to explore the Web of Trust by a library in Rust, and a command-line interface capable of working with either certificates in the filesystem or interacting with GnuPG’s certificate store and trust database. This package contains the following binaries built from the Rust crate “sequoia-wot”:
- sq-wot
There are three methods to install sq-wot 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 sq-wot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sq-wot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sq-wot
Install sq-wot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sq-wot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sq-wot
Install sq-wot 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 sq-wot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sq-wot
How To Uninstall sq-wot on Debian 12
To uninstall only the sq-wot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sq-wot
Uninstall sq-wot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sq-wot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sq-wot
Remove sq-wot Configurations and Data
To remove sq-wot configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sq-wot
Remove sq-wot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sq-wot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sq-wot
Dependencies
sq-wot have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sq-wot package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
