How to Install and Uninstall gnupg2 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "gnupg2" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install gnupg2 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gnupg2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gnupg2" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall gnupg2 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gnupg2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnupg2 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: gnupg2
Version: 2.2.12-1+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 401
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: gnupg (>= 2.2.12-1+deb10u2)
Description: GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement (dummy transitional package)
Description-md5: b00f9e73860378b7bce07e0ad3dd2e88
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Multi-Arch: foreign
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/g/gnupg2/gnupg2_2.2.12-1+deb10u2_all.deb
Size: 392972
MD5sum: 5441629a6f114b047a214dd0cfd8b5f8
SHA256: cb5dd2eab6c63bfa7c8d86be1232e547b8c491ff56f5c6b9508e728886c21ab9

Package: gnupg2
Version: 2.2.12-1+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 401
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: gnupg (>= 2.2.12-1+deb10u1)
Description: GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement (dummy transitional package)
Description-md5: b00f9e73860378b7bce07e0ad3dd2e88
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: oldlibs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gnupg2_2.2.12-1+deb10u1_all.deb
Size: 392888
MD5sum: 4d2af0f3f0380fdf801b1c9659befb6b
SHA256: a2d85f94001dc1aedd2abcd333c95b70f0366a10116fbf532d5a5a2cd573b6af