How to Install and Uninstall gpg Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "gpg" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gpg on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall gpg on Kali Linux:


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

Package: gpg
Source: gnupg2 (2.2.40-1.1)
Version: 2.2.40-1.1+b1
Installed-Size: 1586
Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: gnupg (<< 2.1.21-4)
Depends: gpgconf (= 2.2.40-1.1+b1), libassuan0 (>= 2.5.0), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.10.3), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.42), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.7.15), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: gnupg (= 2.2.40-1.1+b1)
Breaks: gnupg (<< 2.1.21-4)
Size: 950196
SHA256: 26c4d9d3446c7fca10d0f2068f83a76442ee36f3e93c151c61e09b1817a5fe24
SHA1: d6b934ef0d044704b181fd875a840dffc8c94fb5
MD5sum: 2d077011e8cdcbe9b7d06eb824aafb31
Description: GNU Privacy Guard -- minimalist public key operations
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 /usr/bin/gpg itself, and is useful on its own
only for public key operations (encryption, signature verification,
listing OpenPGP certificates, etc). If you want full capabilities
(including secret key operations, network access, etc), please
install the "gnupg" package, which pulls in the full suite of tools.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, role::program, security::cryptography,
security::integrity, security::privacy
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gpg_2.2.40-1.1+b1_amd64.deb