How to Install and Uninstall gpgv2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the gpgv2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "gpgv2" package

Please follow the instructions below to install gpgv2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gpgv2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gpgv2" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gpgv2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gpgv2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gpgv2 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: gpgv2
Source: gnupg2
Version: 2.2.40-1.1
Installed-Size: 453
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: gpgv (>= 2.2.40-1.1)
Description: GNU privacy guard - signature verification tool (dummy transitional package)
Description-md5: e6cd72adf0d5f886dd5a174557278b63
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: oldlibs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gpgv2_2.2.40-1.1_all.deb
Size: 445428
MD5sum: 9129395f27e92a021ca55ea1af173001
SHA256: e4d3712354d69987971f74ab1afbe1388bb2b071f88b9935add9e97df6907556