Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnupg-utils on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnupg-utils
gnupg-utils is:
GnuPG is GNU’s tool for secure communication and data storage.
This package contains several useful utilities for manipulating
OpenPGP data and other related cryptographic elements. It includes:
- addgnupghome – create .gnupg home directories
- applygnupgdefaults – run gpgconf –apply-defaults for all users
- gpgcompose – an experimental tool for constructing arbitrary
sequences of OpenPGP packets (e.g. for testing) - gpgparsemail – parse an e-mail message into annotated format
- gpgsplit – split a sequence of OpenPGP packets into files
- gpgtar – encrypt or sign files in an archive
- kbxutil – list, export, import Keybox data
- lspgpot – convert PGP ownertrust values to GnuPG
- migrate-pubring-from-classic-gpg – use only “modern” formats
- symcryptrun – use simple symmetric encryption tool in GnuPG framework
- watchgnupg – watch socket-based logs
Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, samba-server, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, mail-server, ubuntu-core, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: gnupg-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.2.19-3ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Source: gnupg2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Debian GnuPG Maintainers [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1550
Depends: libassuan0 (>= 2.5.0), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.25), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.35), libksba8 (>= 1.3.4), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: gpg, gpg-agent, gpgconf, gpgsm
Breaks: gnupg (« 2.1.21-4), gnupg-agent (« 2.1.21-4)
Replaces: gnupg (« 2.1.21-4), gnupg-agent (« 2.1.21-4)
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gnupg-utils_2.2.19-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 481072
MD5sum: 72d4008854568b66390d4c4d5dedba9c
SHA1: 168079d7ca76a0e7eabee7d802f36bad1b2c031b
SHA256: 13068966084f4f4b37abf69663ab89fba252226d42300589641677ae22e463e8
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Description-en: GNU privacy guard – utility programs
GnuPG is GNU’s tool for secure communication and data storage.
This package contains several useful utilities for manipulating
OpenPGP data and other related cryptographic elements. It includes:
- addgnupghome – create .gnupg home directories
- applygnupgdefaults – run gpgconf –apply-defaults for all users
- gpgcompose – an experimental tool for constructing arbitrary
sequences of OpenPGP packets (e.g. for testing) - gpgparsemail – parse an e-mail message into annotated format
- gpgsplit – split a sequence of OpenPGP packets into files
- gpgtar – encrypt or sign files in an archive
- kbxutil – list, export, import Keybox data
- lspgpot – convert PGP ownertrust values to GnuPG
- migrate-pubring-from-classic-gpg – use only “modern” formats
- symcryptrun – use simple symmetric encryption tool in GnuPG framework
- watchgnupg – watch socket-based logs
Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, samba-server, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, mail-server, ubuntu-core, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install gnupg-utils on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gnupg-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnupg-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnupg-utils
Install gnupg-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnupg-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnupg-utils
Install gnupg-utils Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gnupg-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnupg-utils
How To Uninstall gnupg-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnupg-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnupg-utils
Uninstall gnupg-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnupg-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnupg-utils
Remove gnupg-utils Configurations and Data
To remove gnupg-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnupg-utils
Remove gnupg-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnupg-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnupg-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnupg-utils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
