How to Install and Uninstall gnupg Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "gnupg" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install gnupg on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall gnupg on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gnupg
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnupg package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: gnupg
Architecture: all
Version: 2.2.20-1ubuntu3
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: 414
Depends: dirmngr (<< 2.2.20-1ubuntu3.1~), dirmngr (>= 2.2.20-1ubuntu3), gnupg-l10n (= 2.2.20-1ubuntu3), gnupg-utils (<< 2.2.20-1ubuntu3.1~), gnupg-utils (>= 2.2.20-1ubuntu3), gpg (<< 2.2.20-1ubuntu3.1~), gpg (>= 2.2.20-1ubuntu3), gpg-agent (<< 2.2.20-1ubuntu3.1~), gpg-agent (>= 2.2.20-1ubuntu3), gpg-wks-client (<< 2.2.20-1ubuntu3.1~), gpg-wks-client (>= 2.2.20-1ubuntu3), gpg-wks-server (<< 2.2.20-1ubuntu3.1~), gpg-wks-server (>= 2.2.20-1ubuntu3), gpgsm (<< 2.2.20-1ubuntu3.1~), gpgsm (>= 2.2.20-1ubuntu3), gpgv (<< 2.2.20-1ubuntu3.1~), gpgv (>= 2.2.20-1ubuntu3)
Suggests: parcimonie, xloadimage
Breaks: debsig-verify (<< 0.15), dirmngr (<< 2.2.20-1ubuntu3), gnupg2 (<< 2.1.11-7+exp1), libgnupg-interface-perl (<< 0.52-3), libgnupg-perl (<= 0.19-1), libmail-gnupg-perl (<= 0.22-1), monkeysphere (<< 0.38~), php-crypt-gpg (<= 1.4.1-1), python-apt (<= 1.1.0~beta4), python-gnupg (<< 0.3.8-3), python3-apt (<= 1.1.0~beta4)
Replaces: gnupg2 (<< 2.1.11-7+exp1)
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gnupg_2.2.20-1ubuntu3_all.deb
Size: 259544
MD5sum: f79870a8cb3ca7418d1cffe5a8528bab
SHA1: 94e4151fdd6424caeb89d8e80cca9fa5f9f6744f
SHA256: 3fb8731564407ae350d454561589c74b8d97ba9013e016cd421bfc25a42d3550
SHA512: fd8e9f580940fcb696d2cc2319810930ef6cd4c89fb95552fc3a8981cda8d488cda3f49cdf052d0e1e892fc3f260c21ee455c88fc88e1f682e3c94c9a68371a3
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Description-en: GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement
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 the full suite of GnuPG tools for cryptographic
communications and data storage.
Description-md5: 2421c574774486effdededa540cfb1c7
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