How to Install and Uninstall gpg Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "gpg" package

This tutorial shows how to install gpg on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall gpg on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gpg
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gpg package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: gpg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.2.40-1.1ubuntu1
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: 1119
Depends: gpgconf (= 2.2.40-1.1ubuntu1), libassuan0 (>= 2.5.0), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.10.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.42), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.7.15), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: gnupg (= 2.2.40-1.1ubuntu1)
Breaks: gnupg (<< 2.1.21-4)
Replaces: gnupg (<< 2.1.21-4)
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gpg_2.2.40-1.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 522906
MD5sum: 6fc6029e93e59ae68a33a2c64120e5d9
SHA1: 740fb5a1d7ad37c4435d1dfa7641b4438b07c025
SHA256: 154473411e72fe3a67531a00b898465cc920e6111f6dfe26cfa3918ca2956df8
SHA512: 7a46b38442eb7d0401348b4593d91a8a5aff408328a01ce1b159379e703cb8ee631d0a1de6e6ab4faeec3c7111e3b2364b48345c35af60e4c87f7805bf34d6ee
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Description: GNU Privacy Guard -- minimalist public key operations
Description-md5: 072a12509de7421dfcbf41d8921ce986
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