How To Install kuvert on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kuvert
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is kuvert
kuvert is:
kuvert automatically signs and/or encrypts outgoing mail using the PGP/MIME standard (RFC3156), based on the availability of the recipient’s key in your keyring. Other than similar wrappers, kuvert does not store key passphrases itself, ever. kuvert works as a wrapper around your MTA but can be fed mails via SMTP, too.
There are three methods to install kuvert
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kuvert Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kuvert
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kuvert
Install kuvert Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kuvert
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kuvert
Install kuvert 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 kuvert
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kuvert
How To Uninstall kuvert on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the kuvert
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kuvert
Uninstall kuvert And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kuvert
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kuvert
Remove kuvert Configurations and Data
To remove kuvert
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kuvert
Remove kuvert configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kuvert
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kuvert
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kuvert
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.