How to Install gnupg2 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install gnupg2 software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

gnupg2 software package provides GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement (new v2.x), you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gnupg2 

gnupg2 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the gnupg2 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep gnupg2 *

You will get with gnupg2 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

gnupg2 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package gnupg2
Version 2.0.22-3ubuntu1.3 [amd64, i386
Description GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement (new v2.x)
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove gnupg2 software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?