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

Last updated: May 08,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gnupg" package

This guide let you learn how to install gnupg on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gnupg on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: gnupg
Source: gnupg2
Version: 2.2.40-1.1
Installed-Size: 885
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: gnupg2 (<< 2.1.11-7+exp1)
Depends: dirmngr (<< 2.2.40-1.1.1~), dirmngr (>= 2.2.40-1.1), gnupg-l10n (= 2.2.40-1.1), gnupg-utils (<< 2.2.40-1.1.1~), gnupg-utils (>= 2.2.40-1.1), gpg (<< 2.2.40-1.1.1~), gpg (>= 2.2.40-1.1), gpg-agent (<< 2.2.40-1.1.1~), gpg-agent (>= 2.2.40-1.1), gpg-wks-client (<< 2.2.40-1.1.1~), gpg-wks-client (>= 2.2.40-1.1), gpg-wks-server (<< 2.2.40-1.1.1~), gpg-wks-server (>= 2.2.40-1.1), gpgsm (<< 2.2.40-1.1.1~), gpgsm (>= 2.2.40-1.1), gpgv (<< 2.2.40-1.1.1~), gpgv (>= 2.2.40-1.1)
Suggests: parcimonie, xloadimage
Breaks: debsig-verify (<< 0.15), dirmngr (<< 2.2.40-1.1), gnupg2 (<< 2.1.11-7+exp1), libgnupg-interface-perl (<< 0.52-3), libgnupg-perl (<= 0.19-1), libmail-gnupg-perl (<= 0.22-1), monkeysphere (<< 0.38~), php-crypt-gpg (<= 1.4.1-1), python-apt (<= 1.1.0~beta4), python-gnupg (<< 0.3.8-3), python3-apt (<= 1.1.0~beta4)
Description: GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement
Description-md5: 2421c574774486effdededa540cfb1c7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, mail::TODO, role::program,
role::shared-lib, scope::utility, security::authentication,
security::cryptography, security::privacy, suite::gnu, use::checking,
use::dialing, use::login, works-with-format::plaintext,
works-with-format::zip, works-with::file, works-with::text
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gnupg_2.2.40-1.1_all.deb
Size: 845768
MD5sum: 5752152632f3a26f2725937e4cb79205
SHA256: 6f6fe95c43338db9887e52fe948228a779d3651fef1a975b62dfe891bb71fdc4