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

Last updated: January 23,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gpgsm" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install gpgsm on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gpgsm 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 gpgsm package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gpgsm
Source: gnupg2
Version: 2.2.40-1.1
Installed-Size: 992
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: gnupg2 (<< 2.1.10-2)
Depends: gpgconf (= 2.2.40-1.1), libassuan0 (>= 2.5.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.10.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.42), libksba8 (>= 1.6.0), libreadline8 (>= 6.0)
Recommends: gnupg (= 2.2.40-1.1)
Breaks: gnupg2 (<< 2.1.10-2)
Description: GNU privacy guard - S/MIME version
Description-md5: d09741caa0bbe13153a4e4c54325393d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, security::cryptography, suite::gnu, works-with::file,
works-with::text
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gpgsm_2.2.40-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 670992
MD5sum: d3f050e22f37c7b141b4a7c6e5e76030
SHA256: 37d5e8d44bb9729a89d747db15880f0f01e53101cc16f258087bb8b591017e76