How to Install and Uninstall dirmngr Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 17,2025

You can also install and uninstall the dirmngr on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dirmngr" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install dirmngr on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dirmngr
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dirmngr" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall dirmngr on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dirmngr package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: dirmngr
Source: gnupg2
Version: 2.2.40-1.1
Installed-Size: 1328
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: gnupg2 (<< 2.1.10-2)
Depends: adduser, gpgconf (= 2.2.40-1.1), lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), init-system-helpers (>= 1.52), libassuan0 (>= 2.5.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.10.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.5), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.42), libksba8 (>= 1.3.5), libldap-2.5-0 (>= 2.5.4), libnpth0 (>= 0.90)
Recommends: gnupg (= 2.2.40-1.1)
Suggests: dbus-user-session, libpam-systemd, pinentry-gnome3, tor
Enhances: gpg, gpgsm, squid
Breaks: gnupg2 (<< 2.1.10-2)
Description: GNU privacy guard - network certificate management service
Description-md5: 98983bb8fc50acb110a75a76f975cbdb
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, network::server, protocol::ldap,
role::program, security::cryptography, use::downloading, works-with::db
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/dirmngr_2.2.40-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 792012
MD5sum: 932c4c9d5eed50552c5f31a840376cae
SHA256: e3a8e56057592c60fd8db174968e9f232f07905b79544a9e477cd48f008326b2