How to Install and Uninstall gpg Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "gpg" package

This tutorial shows how to install gpg on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Learn how to uninstall gpg on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: gpg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.4.4-2ubuntu7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Source: gnupg2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1200
Depends: gpgconf (= 2.4.4-2ubuntu7), libassuan0 (>= 2.5.0), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.38), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.10.3), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.46), libnpth0 (>= 0.90), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.7.15), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: gnupg (= 2.4.4-2ubuntu7)
Breaks: gnupg (<< 2.1.21-4)
Replaces: gnupg (<< 2.1.21-4)
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gpg_2.4.4-2ubuntu7_amd64.deb
Size: 563440
MD5sum: 9674df0829660abddf396a564a92e50f
SHA1: f48fadf5e15be99038b4c760117f8a0fa1a93482
SHA256: 5e05b2e12d54c48703c77b465230144ae54279993249ab1b289ca432ad742e44
SHA512: abe585b39f9ffce5c4bd50adfc3e8f939df5cdebcfbdc65402cad55f4e820b6f5291c210a58e8dc95d25f85acac1927a793360d6eefae64315e3601a9a91e9d6
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Description: GNU Privacy Guard -- minimalist public key operations
Description-md5: 072a12509de7421dfcbf41d8921ce986
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