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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "gnupg-curl" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install gnupg-curl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: gnupg-curl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4.20-1ubuntu3.3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: gnupg
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuPG-Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 115
Depends: gnupg, libc6 (>= 2.4), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gnupg/gnupg-curl_1.4.20-1ubuntu3.3_amd64.deb
Size: 18110
MD5sum: 9569063d589701984c204f4d4e56394a
SHA1: e383085a3536249d703d57dc36879f7371affb42
SHA256: a9d490f6c5be285d7ee4fef97306933fdb24a38545d886698436ec71615282db
SHA512: c21c92c768529ee499b16ae952fe5870f4792d5fe4c123b12bba2bab05ae69c0d6e6ecf8118aeb26de66fef173910e90c7d9751340eaafa5b797c481c7277212
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org
Description-en: GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement (cURL)
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 RFC 4880.
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This package contains the keyserver helper tools built with libcurl,
which replace the ones in the gnupg package built with the "curl shim"
variant of gnupg. This package provides support for HKPS keyservers.
Description-md5: 0d2d0be02fac6c958a9256348c30ef65

Package: gnupg-curl
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 114
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuPG-Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: gnupg
Version: 1.4.20-1ubuntu3
Depends: gnupg, libc6 (>= 2.4), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gnupg/gnupg-curl_1.4.20-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 18110
MD5sum: 2b324a035d6e84fab73b469e23be50f1
SHA1: e893ed2e3106807f22462085b4ec5efe9d2c4dfe
SHA256: 85dcc113ca4e9ebb2fa97e835f3a324f6cabd7d9f9cbb845c2ab890d47fb768c
Description-en: GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement (cURL)
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 RFC 4880.
.
This package contains the keyserver helper tools built with libcurl,
which replace the ones in the gnupg package built with the "curl shim"
variant of gnupg. This package provides support for HKPS keyservers.
Description-md5: 0d2d0be02fac6c958a9256348c30ef65
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu