How to Install and Uninstall gnupg-agent Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "gnupg-agent" package

Please follow the guidance below to install gnupg-agent on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall gnupg-agent on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gnupg-agent
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnupg-agent package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: gnupg-agent
Architecture: all
Version: 2.2.20-1ubuntu4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: gnupg2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 45
Depends: gpg-agent (>= 2.2.20-1ubuntu4)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gnupg2/gnupg-agent_2.2.20-1ubuntu4_all.deb
Size: 5236
MD5sum: 5e4bf6ccaef683074f0e5cd1148f3c1d
SHA1: f376c8707e0202c8431ceb8ac63046cc75ed5b4d
SHA256: 8afc8352524fcbccd859c3fff71ba50d944321359ff77a510e5594fcbb3d8a5b
SHA512: af356c60e7d846d51a0700f683be40e44d4d10fd49cb788e224f25023b505addde0958c1e88e6b40b8e2e7d2dbbb0f0d0087287101f84beb637e43118fd41ea2
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Description-en: GNU privacy guard - cryptographic agent (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; please use gpg-agent instead.
Description-md5: 4676770831dd43b5b80c96a103cfd422
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop