How to Install and Uninstall gpg-agent Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "gpg-agent" package

Please follow the guidance below to install gpg-agent on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gpg-agent on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gpg-agent
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gpg-agent package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: gpg-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.2.35-3ubuntu1
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: 625
Provides: gnupg-agent
Depends: gpgconf (= 2.2.35-3ubuntu1), pinentry-curses | pinentry, init-system-helpers (>= 1.52), libassuan0 (>= 2.5.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.10.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.42), libnpth0 (>= 0.90)
Recommends: gnupg (= 2.2.35-3ubuntu1)
Suggests: dbus-user-session, libpam-systemd, pinentry-gnome3, scdaemon
Breaks: gnupg-agent (<< 2.1.21-4)
Replaces: gnupg-agent (<< 2.1.21-4)
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gpg-agent_2.2.35-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 215336
MD5sum: 79dbe360e6d704134c18fa66a9f70c81
SHA1: 3d390cb62d14e2c4b02b555aa4cad28562e04ae8
SHA256: 5a623cf143d113221994d37e54204c7e78cfdf2219b4a832788781adde5705b5
SHA512: bce267636b3d3b21af2e669f3438f10d38e01424dff7af29dc3d9f85419a212f3bef5a0548a8d6def504aa9720e748016f92a6f9decc317ca063da846a6daac0
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Description: GNU privacy guard - cryptographic agent
Description-md5: 6c5c3942a5ec2e08c337466bd44b6cde
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