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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "gpg-agent" package

Please follow the steps below to install gpg-agent on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install gpg-agent

2. Uninstall "gpg-agent" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall gpg-agent on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):

$ sudo apt remove gpg-agent $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the gpg-agent package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: gpg-agent
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: 626
Provides: gnupg-agent
Depends: gpgconf (= 2.4.4-2ubuntu7), pinentry-curses | pinentry, init-system-helpers (>= 1.52), libassuan0 (>= 2.5.1), libc6 (>= 2.38), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.10.3), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.46), libnpth0 (>= 0.90)
Suggests: gnupg (= 2.4.4-2ubuntu7), dbus-user-session, libpam-systemd, pinentry-gnome3, scdaemon
Breaks: gnupg-agent (<< 2.1.21-4)
Replaces: gnupg-agent (<< 2.1.21-4)
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gpg-agent_2.4.4-2ubuntu7_amd64.deb
Size: 227332
MD5sum: b8ebed9ca50d60ec8177f5a716576380
SHA1: ecc6689091377661b1329e2e2a58a16fa661d46e
SHA256: 10b250e975a582a2013885fcbaefd6d58723389b3f90d782dadafb49d4faae42
SHA512: 798a2971493f4b206ca53d37e88f773f24d89a1a23baba722f69fe0403348542ff1619e8b01d0a7561d194d2c44a6ad01329806bc64100ddbc9da34b768e3c6c
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Description: GNU privacy guard - cryptographic agent
Description-md5: 6c5c3942a5ec2e08c337466bd44b6cde
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