How To Install agent-transfer on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install agent-transfer on Ubuntu 18.04. agent-transfer is copy a secret key from GnuPGs gpg-agent to OpenSSHs ssh-agent

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install agent-transfer on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is agent-transfer

agent-transfer is:

agent-transfer is a simple utility to extract a secret key from GnuPG’s gpg-agent and send it to a running ssh-agent. This is useful for those who prefer the runtime semantics and behavior of OpenSSH’s ssh-agent, but whose secret keys are held in long-term storage by GnuPG’s gpg-agent.

This tool comes from the monkeysphere project.

There are three methods to install agent-transfer 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 agent-transfer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install agent-transfer

Install agent-transfer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install agent-transfer

Install agent-transfer 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 agent-transfer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install agent-transfer

How To Uninstall agent-transfer on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the agent-transfer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove agent-transfer

Uninstall agent-transfer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove agent-transfer

Remove agent-transfer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge agent-transfer

Remove agent-transfer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge agent-transfer

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Summary

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