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

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "pidgin-openpgp" package

Please follow the steps below to install pidgin-openpgp on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "pidgin-openpgp" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall pidgin-openpgp 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-openpgp package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: pidgin-openpgp
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 53
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: all
Version: 0.1-2
Depends: gnupg, gnupg-agent, libconfig-tiny-perl, libfile-touch-perl, libgtk2-perl, pidgin
Filename: pool/universe/p/pidgin-openpgp/pidgin-openpgp_0.1-2_all.deb
Size: 8028
MD5sum: 9ff94adbe5eb0ea507360be2c8fc18a8
SHA1: 7e2c27847ff0c12165ace580463c030992394e78
SHA256: d168e59f8f4b2333631f593517337be63add1b76e2496cbc5c3ca2c82467c7e9
Description-en: OpenPGP plugin for Pidgin
pidgin-openpgp is a plugin for the Pidgin instant messaging
program which enables it to communicate with Jabber/XMPP peers
in an encrypted manner using the OpenPGP standard and XEP-0027,
which is understood by other clients, such as centericq, gajim,
kopete and mcabber.
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This is an experimental extension and potentially buggy.
Description-md5: 19166d0de0c2a4391a48f05e7177973a
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu