How to Install gnupg2 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install gnupg2 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

gnupg2 software package provides GNU privacy guard - a free PGP replacement (new v2.x), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 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 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Utilities
Package gnupg2
Version 2.1.11-6ubuntu2
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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?