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

Last updated: February 17,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gnupg-agent" package

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


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

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


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

Package: gnupg-agent
Source: gnupg2
Version: 2.2.40-1.1
Installed-Size: 448
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: gpg-agent (>= 2.2.40-1.1)
Description: GNU privacy guard - cryptographic agent (dummy transitional package)
Description-md5: 4676770831dd43b5b80c96a103cfd422
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::client,
role::program, security::cryptography, suite::gnu, works-with::pim
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gnupg-agent_2.2.40-1.1_all.deb
Size: 445424
MD5sum: 949a02a5a9e698bd8788debaf553b7c3
SHA256: 19064f864b647c2e6ee692c0c276d7864fd9921cedae1aab1631eac4a00ab3dd