How to Install and Uninstall gnupg-agent Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "gnupg-agent" package

This is a short guide on how to install gnupg-agent on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gnupg-agent on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: gnupg-agent
Source: gnupg2
Version: 2.2.27-2+deb11u2
Installed-Size: 437
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: gpg-agent (>= 2.2.27-2+deb11u2)
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_2.2.27-2+deb11u2_all.deb
Size: 434348
MD5sum: 447201fd643493e3584e37843f06dcd6
SHA256: e834a2162d303849313c718dbfbbe0dc3b857d1793dfb939d58a98a27892dddb