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

Last updated: May 16,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gpg-agent" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install gpg-agent on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall gpg-agent 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 gpg-agent package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gpg-agent
Source: gnupg2
Version: 2.2.40-1.1
Installed-Size: 1348
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: gnupg-agent (<< 2.1.21-4)
Provides: gnupg-agent
Depends: gpgconf (= 2.2.40-1.1), pinentry-curses | pinentry, init-system-helpers (>= 1.52), libassuan0 (>= 2.5.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.10.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.42), libnpth0 (>= 0.90)
Recommends: gnupg (= 2.2.40-1.1)
Suggests: dbus-user-session, libpam-systemd, pinentry-gnome3, scdaemon
Breaks: gnupg-agent (<< 2.1.21-4)
Description: GNU privacy guard - cryptographic agent
Description-md5: 6c5c3942a5ec2e08c337466bd44b6cde
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Tag: implemented-in::TODO, role::program, security::cryptography,
security::privacy
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gpg-agent_2.2.40-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 694524
MD5sum: d82bf9b1814bbdc37bf92e15e523db51
SHA256: ac48d6bfac9298843355561a14047673a9361ecff7f24cfe1da119dbf1a037e9