How to Install and Uninstall gnupg2 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "gnupg2" package

Please follow the instructions below to install gnupg2 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gnupg2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gnupg2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gnupg2 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gnupg2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnupg2 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: gnupg2
Version: 2.2.27-2+deb11u2
Installed-Size: 442
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: gnupg (>= 2.2.27-2+deb11u2)
Description: GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement (dummy transitional package)
Description-md5: b00f9e73860378b7bce07e0ad3dd2e88
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: oldlibs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gnupg2_2.2.27-2+deb11u2_all.deb
Size: 434424
MD5sum: 786e4d9974984bb0fdb572f0f8c2d4d7
SHA256: 1edc3b80a2ffc7f9bc5ff75668e1f4169e2488d3e9d922e20f42d70d53ff9cb4