How to Install and Uninstall gnupg2 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "gnupg2" package

This guide let you learn how to install gnupg2 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gnupg2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gnupg2" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall gnupg2 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gnupg2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnupg2 package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gnupg2
Architecture: all
Version: 2.2.20-1ubuntu1.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 50
Depends: gnupg (>= 2.2.20-1ubuntu1.1)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gnupg2/gnupg2_2.2.20-1ubuntu1.1_all.deb
Size: 4576
MD5sum: 7f754173759cd83658007749a19bdbd5
SHA1: 6390e77849754bfac1ff8ec8baf76efcd4a66416
SHA256: 5598326e9fdfc4e60b1fbdfc0700453f35cc7a671f43fb1c871444cf7f9c2f17
SHA512: a789dd3c7a36f9e7d855ca3e531beebfd185aac47169f239f8ca66a2196c13a0d4e2119c203921cad99b58f2b40253e996a7cf0b1a4e4cbd27bc62c37124e143
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Description-en: GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement (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 that provides symlinks from gpg2
to gpg.
Description-md5: b00f9e73860378b7bce07e0ad3dd2e88

Package: gnupg2
Architecture: all
Version: 2.2.20-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 50
Depends: gnupg (>= 2.2.20-1ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gnupg2/gnupg2_2.2.20-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 4588
MD5sum: f831aa9c52825597a8eb8b7a7179bd8c
SHA1: 2e7e77a9fa64ea12569fab6ad28489dd3fd8c417
SHA256: cfbc60ac5b223e1baee345547d5b286e6a82e3d3c95ea9bf2ea46ada746bcbe0
SHA512: d77ba3ca8f2e0ef2deedf48604dae09a120c1d9d7ad908b09175feb3b8e1d901a5df811855f5cb9e132044b6c21789396eb46028570a3bd484428ddb890cf9f5
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Description-en: GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement (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.
.
This is a dummy transitional package that provides symlinks from gpg2
to gpg.
Description-md5: b00f9e73860378b7bce07e0ad3dd2e88