How to Install and Uninstall gpg-agent Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "gpg-agent" package

Please follow the steps below to install gpg-agent on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall gpg-agent on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: gpg-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.2.20-1ubuntu1.1
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: 919
Provides: gnupg-agent
Depends: gpgconf (= 2.2.20-1ubuntu1.1), pinentry-curses | pinentry, init-system-helpers (>= 1.52), libassuan0 (>= 2.5.1), libc6 (>= 2.25), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.35), libnpth0 (>= 0.90)
Recommends: gnupg (= 2.2.20-1ubuntu1.1)
Suggests: 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_2.2.20-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 232936
MD5sum: dc049a2e56d2ccf7a6fc05f0f37c127d
SHA1: 88c75eb843b41c0f2a24e7e2b0cdc384ecc3d41c
SHA256: 0bb5e3b114de3f15927f5668fdc956e778dcee03ad112ac5b4647a84bc42734f
SHA512: 984b4dd389eba934e779862e1480abab784802a085ade16071586ffa58db573aaf8a55d383bcd597547d5dde40d0fa8cba8e9df0e2a2b6d0de4756174623cfeb
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Description-en: GNU privacy guard - cryptographic agent
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 package contains the agent program gpg-agent which handles all
secret key material for OpenPGP and S/MIME use. The agent also
provides a passphrase cache, which is used by pre-2.1 versions of
GnuPG for OpenPGP operations. Without this package, trying to do
secret-key operations with any part of the modern GnuPG suite will
fail.
Description-md5: 6c5c3942a5ec2e08c337466bd44b6cde
Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, samba-server, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server-raspi, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, mail-server, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: gpg-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.2.20-1ubuntu1
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: 911
Provides: gnupg-agent
Depends: gpgconf (= 2.2.20-1ubuntu1), pinentry-curses | pinentry, init-system-helpers (>= 1.52), libassuan0 (>= 2.5.1), libc6 (>= 2.25), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.35), libnpth0 (>= 0.90)
Recommends: gnupg (= 2.2.20-1ubuntu1)
Suggests: 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_2.2.20-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 231968
MD5sum: 8f98ffd8e4251d1296bc5181df646414
SHA1: 3b77e285caff7a5ac71b55bb9e9d97bec9835a5e
SHA256: 2c8cbbf6ea4e31df25dc939114c976c90d67a19a3173c0e62a51024ffceae65a
SHA512: 43bd81d9a9f191558567a310a7f65dcf5652bb472dd890c1e9734bfbea6d119822989898b05e94f5af8255d7cc83992c21b6a924c6702b68b8abc6a573cd656b
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Description-en: GNU privacy guard - cryptographic agent
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 package contains the agent program gpg-agent which handles all
secret key material for OpenPGP and S/MIME use. The agent also
provides a passphrase cache, which is used by pre-2.1 versions of
GnuPG for OpenPGP operations. Without this package, trying to do
secret-key operations with any part of the modern GnuPG suite will
fail.
Description-md5: 6c5c3942a5ec2e08c337466bd44b6cde
Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, samba-server, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server-raspi, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, mail-server, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop