How to Install and Uninstall gnupg2 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "gnupg2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gnupg2 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: gnupg2
Architecture: all
Version: 2.2.20-1ubuntu4
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 (>= 2.2.20-1ubuntu4)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gnupg2/gnupg2_2.2.20-1ubuntu4_all.deb
Size: 5316
MD5sum: b0ac74a965e7890c422079c167118ec3
SHA1: a91543aabf77286757a07e89847b690d56aa1b3d
SHA256: ab08786d9ad4a66840f4b13c6f71aa556cfe35a2a8a30b0748be877348794260
SHA512: f564846ee658367285027c39400a72c4c3e0f2488500d6da037ca53340357bed44bd91ed2035452bb51c252501faa12df7137a73a58cbb5a178a858cd8790f25
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