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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "sks" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install sks on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Learn how to uninstall sks on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: sks
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.6+git20210302.c3ba6d5a-3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christoph Martin
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5229
Depends: adduser, db-util, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), db5.3-util, libc6 (>= 2.29), libdb5.3, libgmp10 (>= 2:5.1.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: logrotate, postfix | mail-transport-agent, procmail
Filename: pool/universe/s/sks/sks_1.1.6+git20210302.c3ba6d5a-3_amd64.deb
Size: 1143688
MD5sum: ff73ba1ea864705e1c3662cae67e0588
SHA1: 89c1b9a66ef94b42132336a179640f35d8f9ace7
SHA256: d6158776df42dbaf25ae122dafa4c8ec2d98d42018f1815ad00666cfa0a8647b
SHA512: 6fae1970b6037c784dae454e558eb193f2821c9c7ce5fd6d1a4f5adc9f98bb4a20dd62445be845dba9b3bdb5ed007aed9bb0e6c04d2014013dc3cbec5f23ed63
Homepage: https://github.com/SKS-Keyserver/sks-keyserver
Description-en: Synchronizing OpenPGP Key Server
SKS is an OpenPGP key server that correctly handles all OpenPGP features
defined in RFC2440 and RFC4880, including photoID packages and multiple
subkeys.
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This key server implementation uses an efficient and reliable reconciliation
algorithm to keep the database in sync with other SKS servers. Additionally
it can both send and receive PKS style sync emails.
Description-md5: 9e4be188631c05e0a9ddc4551d2f852b