How to Install and Uninstall gnupg Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "gnupg" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gnupg on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall gnupg on Kali Linux:


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

Package: gnupg
Source: gnupg2
Version: 2.2.40-1.1
Installed-Size: 885
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: gnupg2 (<< 2.1.11-7+exp1)
Depends: dirmngr (<< 2.2.40-1.1.1~), dirmngr (>= 2.2.40-1.1), gnupg-l10n (= 2.2.40-1.1), gnupg-utils (<< 2.2.40-1.1.1~), gnupg-utils (>= 2.2.40-1.1), gpg (<< 2.2.40-1.1.1~), gpg (>= 2.2.40-1.1), gpg-agent (<< 2.2.40-1.1.1~), gpg-agent (>= 2.2.40-1.1), gpg-wks-client (<< 2.2.40-1.1.1~), gpg-wks-client (>= 2.2.40-1.1), gpg-wks-server (<< 2.2.40-1.1.1~), gpg-wks-server (>= 2.2.40-1.1), gpgsm (<< 2.2.40-1.1.1~), gpgsm (>= 2.2.40-1.1), gpgv (<< 2.2.40-1.1.1~), gpgv (>= 2.2.40-1.1)
Suggests: parcimonie, xloadimage
Breaks: debsig-verify (<< 0.15), dirmngr (<< 2.2.40-1.1), gnupg2 (<< 2.1.11-7+exp1), libgnupg-interface-perl (<< 0.52-3), libgnupg-perl (<= 0.19-1), libmail-gnupg-perl (<= 0.22-1), monkeysphere (<< 0.38~), php-crypt-gpg (<= 1.4.1-1), python-apt (<= 1.1.0~beta4), python-gnupg (<< 0.3.8-3), python3-apt (<= 1.1.0~beta4)
Size: 845768
SHA256: 6f6fe95c43338db9887e52fe948228a779d3651fef1a975b62dfe891bb71fdc4
SHA1: e2ffaf995a830a1287820beb899e8b7780530ade
MD5sum: 5752152632f3a26f2725937e4cb79205
Description: GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement
GnuPG is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage.
It can be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures.
It includes an advanced key management facility and is compliant
with the proposed OpenPGP Internet standard as described in RFC4880.
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This package contains the full suite of GnuPG tools for cryptographic
communications and data storage.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, mail::TODO, role::program,
role::shared-lib, scope::utility, security::authentication,
security::cryptography, security::privacy, suite::gnu, use::checking,
use::dialing, use::login, works-with-format::plaintext,
works-with-format::zip, works-with::file, works-with::text
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gnupg_2.2.40-1.1_all.deb