How to Install and Uninstall gnupg-agent Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "gnupg-agent" package

This tutorial shows how to install gnupg-agent on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall gnupg-agent on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gnupg-agent
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnupg-agent package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gnupg-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.11-6ubuntu2.1
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: 952
Depends: pinentry-curses | pinentry, libassuan0 (>= 2.3.0), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.6.1), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libnpth0 (>= 0.90), libreadline6 (>= 6.0)
Recommends: gnupg2 | gpgsm | gnupg
Conflicts: newpg
Breaks: gnupg2 (<< 2.0.18-2), gpgsm (<< 2.0.18-2)
Replaces: gnupg2 (<< 2.0.18-2), gpgsm (<< 2.0.18-2), newpg
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gnupg-agent_2.1.11-6ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 240018
MD5sum: 8fbe828121899b40cca2eb3508cb91c5
SHA1: 39fd62c1e8b29679a729c7bb7ce751439925bab0
SHA256: 6166d1724b1e6b80186268b94ee7a899eb12f63d33b52c0257cdb7b2dd0fa50e
SHA512: 807420ba9a195e8e1c97b6b2d4ba679456e14d14d47849427652118dcf0efa30182edb9a79e6f01daf1eb532e0989809917bc1a871626808ddceff20392547ad
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Description-en: GNU privacy guard - cryptographic agent
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 package contains the agent program gpg-agent which handles all
secret key material for OpenPGP and S/MIME use. The agent also
provides a passphrase cache, which is used by pre-2.1 versions of
GnuPG for OpenPGP operations.
Description-md5: 89b483348e055462163fcb51eb9f4d69
Task: ubuntu-desktop, mail-server, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop
Supported: 5y

Package: gnupg-agent
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 952
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: gnupg2
Version: 2.1.11-6ubuntu2
Replaces: gnupg2 (<< 2.0.18-2), gpgsm (<< 2.0.18-2), newpg
Depends: pinentry-curses | pinentry, libassuan0 (>= 2.3.0), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.6.1), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.14), libnpth0 (>= 0.90), libreadline6 (>= 6.0)
Recommends: gnupg2 | gpgsm | gnupg
Conflicts: newpg
Breaks: gnupg2 (<< 2.0.18-2), gpgsm (<< 2.0.18-2)
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gnupg-agent_2.1.11-6ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 238686
MD5sum: 0034f3afc50b209daaaf6d7657739dfc
SHA1: ba73e0afec1d7f434582b5b2e6b79143e0b54c3e
SHA256: ac45a71e557781f41640836fb7c0602e6b962c21d8d26082673580f2036b8b6b
Description-en: GNU privacy guard - cryptographic agent
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.
.
This package contains the agent program gpg-agent which handles all
secret key material for OpenPGP and S/MIME use. The agent also
provides a passphrase cache, which is used by pre-2.1 versions of
GnuPG for OpenPGP operations.
Description-md5: 89b483348e055462163fcb51eb9f4d69
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, mail-server, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop