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

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "gnupg-utils" package

This tutorial shows how to install gnupg-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

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


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

Package: gnupg-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.2.20-1ubuntu4
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: 860
Depends: libassuan0 (>= 2.5.0), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.33), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.35), libksba8 (>= 1.3.4), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: gpg, gpg-agent, gpgconf, gpgsm
Breaks: gnupg (<< 2.1.21-4), gnupg-agent (<< 2.1.21-4)
Replaces: gnupg (<< 2.1.21-4), gnupg-agent (<< 2.1.21-4)
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gnupg-utils_2.2.20-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 301812
MD5sum: dede0db7732b0755999690a65d66525f
SHA1: 2eba088a50e2e55d51f3401fd7243d60082334b1
SHA256: 4685551ba18bd2b3ad83c997ffb52917f8c7c4f0778c807f629840d863c0ea2c
SHA512: 91a1765dab829f525445f792df8b916c63fa28085654c9673d93f6eb1e5efc3c76ee9c4d8645c96a088ff296b3b7fe6b66f59d70f568f630744bf12e1f4d50e8
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Description-en: GNU privacy guard - utility programs
GnuPG is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage.
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This package contains several useful utilities for manipulating
OpenPGP data and other related cryptographic elements. It includes:
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* addgnupghome -- create .gnupg home directories
* applygnupgdefaults -- run gpgconf --apply-defaults for all users
* gpgcompose -- an experimental tool for constructing arbitrary
sequences of OpenPGP packets (e.g. for testing)
* gpgparsemail -- parse an e-mail message into annotated format
* gpgsplit -- split a sequence of OpenPGP packets into files
* gpgtar -- encrypt or sign files in an archive
* kbxutil -- list, export, import Keybox data
* lspgpot -- convert PGP ownertrust values to GnuPG
* migrate-pubring-from-classic-gpg -- use only "modern" formats
* symcryptrun -- use simple symmetric encryption tool in GnuPG framework
* watchgnupg -- watch socket-based logs
Description-md5: e668452bd037f231e404937c9a963ac3
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