How to Install and Uninstall gnupg-agent Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "gnupg-agent" package

Learn how to install gnupg-agent on Kali Linux


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall gnupg-agent on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: gnupg-agent
Source: gnupg2
Version: 2.2.40-1.1
Installed-Size: 448
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: gpg-agent (>= 2.2.40-1.1)
Size: 445424
SHA256: 19064f864b647c2e6ee692c0c276d7864fd9921cedae1aab1631eac4a00ab3dd
SHA1: 3cd815fbc3d53d9e66dc24cd435e37d46c505101
MD5sum: 949a02a5a9e698bd8788debaf553b7c3
Description: GNU privacy guard - cryptographic agent (dummy transitional package)
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 is a dummy transitional package; please use gpg-agent instead.
Description-md5:
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_2.2.40-1.1_all.deb