How to Install and Uninstall pidgin-gnome-keyring Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "pidgin-gnome-keyring" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install pidgin-gnome-keyring on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pidgin-gnome-keyring
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pidgin-gnome-keyring" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall pidgin-gnome-keyring on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: pidgin-gnome-keyring
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 48
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Luca Boccassi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libpurple0
Filename: pool/universe/p/pidgin-gnome-keyring/pidgin-gnome-keyring_2.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 5928
MD5sum: 91a9cf72484110e81a0e7c93a09fa86b
SHA1: 268e807a62ed5ebde7a47435a1e41fb1f75c49c9
SHA256: 9c729f1cb43af5d42524c9924e795e4505fc3b6aebe04c59178a8766cf865730
Description-en: integrates pidgin (and libpurple) with the system keyring
Pidgin usually stores passwords as plaintext with the "save password"
function. This plugin instead saves all passwords to the system keyring,
which some would argue is a more secure form of password storage.
Description-md5: ae739e0ae9a165ae31145391872eafa6
Homepage: https://github.com/aebrahim/pidgin-gnome-keyring
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu