How To Install gpg-wks-server on Ubuntu 20.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install gpg-wks-server on Ubuntu 20.04. gpg-wks-server is GNU privacy guard – Web Key Service server GNU privacy guard – Web Key Service server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpg-wks-server on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is gpg-wks-server

gpg-wks-server is:

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 provides the GnuPG server for the Web Key Service
protocol.

A Web Key Service is a service that allows users to upload keys per
mail to be verified over https as described in
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-koch-openpgp-webkey-service

For more information see: https://wiki.gnupg.org/WKS
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: gpg-wks-server
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: 255
Depends: gpg (= 2.2.19-3ubuntu2), gpg-agent (= 2.2.19-3ubuntu2), libc6 (>= 2.25), libgcrypt20 (>= 1.8.0), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.35)
Recommends: gnupg (= 2.2.19-3ubuntu2)
Filename: pool/main/g/gnupg2/gpg-wks-server_2.2.19-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 90268
MD5sum: c3b1c606c2872062765bd6cc25e72e3b
SHA1: 0b53b14b336f4abdcb3ed6003be06ae9ed973e30
SHA256: d83035fe09270583c345c509a6804a98c8856f84335a50a5ae6aa15c0057eefd
Homepage: https://www.gnupg.org/
Description-en: GNU privacy guard – Web Key Service server
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 provides the GnuPG server for the Web Key Service
protocol.

A Web Key Service is a service that allows users to upload keys per
mail to be verified over https as described in
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-koch-openpgp-webkey-service

For more information see: https://wiki.gnupg.org/WKS
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 gpg-wks-server 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 gpg-wks-server Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gpg-wks-server using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gpg-wks-server

Install gpg-wks-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gpg-wks-server using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gpg-wks-server

Install gpg-wks-server 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 gpg-wks-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gpg-wks-server

How To Uninstall gpg-wks-server on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gpg-wks-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gpg-wks-server

Uninstall gpg-wks-server And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gpg-wks-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpg-wks-server

Remove gpg-wks-server Configurations and Data

To remove gpg-wks-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gpg-wks-server

Remove gpg-wks-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gpg-wks-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpg-wks-server

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpg-wks-server package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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