How to Install and Uninstall dirmngr Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "dirmngr" package

Please follow the steps below to install dirmngr on Kali Linux


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall dirmngr on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dirmngr
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dirmngr package on Kali Linux

Package: dirmngr
Source: gnupg2 (2.2.40-1.1)
Version: 2.2.40-1.1+b1
Installed-Size: 1337
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: gnupg2 (<< 2.1.10-2)
Depends: adduser, gpgconf (= 2.2.40-1.1+b1), lsb-base (>= 3.2-13), init-system-helpers (>= 1.52), libassuan0 (>= 2.5.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.10.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.8.1), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.42), libksba8 (>= 1.3.5), libldap-2.5-0 (>= 2.5.4), libnpth0 (>= 0.90)
Recommends: gnupg (= 2.2.40-1.1+b1)
Suggests: dbus-user-session, libpam-systemd, pinentry-gnome3, tor
Enhances: gpg, gpgsm, squid
Breaks: gnupg2 (<< 2.1.10-2)
Size: 793364
SHA256: 7f5ba72bad3569276b0ef54c2462651c458a4b6321593057a75fbc4ad614438a
SHA1: 55a17b415f3ab3dc67bca58d050103cca75bd11a
MD5sum: 0e0f2dc45d24e23787f79097844165e6
Description: GNU privacy guard - network certificate management service
dirmngr is a server for managing and downloading OpenPGP and X.509
certificates, as well as updates and status signals related to those
certificates. For OpenPGP, this means pulling from the public
HKP/HKPS keyservers, or from LDAP servers. For X.509 this includes
Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) and Online Certificate Status
Protocol updates (OCSP). It is capable of using Tor for network
access.
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dirmngr is used for network access by gpg, gpgsm, and dirmngr-client,
among other tools. Unless this package is installed, the parts of
the GnuPG suite that try to interact with the network will fail.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, network::server, protocol::ldap,
role::program, security::cryptography, use::downloading, works-with::db
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/dirmngr_2.2.40-1.1+b1_amd64.deb