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Asked: 2015-04-06 05:30:02 +0800 CST

How do I safely uninstall gnupg?

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Warned by Enigmail they soon won't support gnupg and switch to gnupg2 I installed the later.

Now trying to remove gnupg, I see a bunch of software will be removed as a consequence:

apt apturl enigmail (!) nautilus-share python-software-properties seahorse software-center (=:q) software-properties-common+-gtk ubuntu-desktop+-extra-keyring+-minimal and unattended-upgrades.

A big bit frightening isn't it? So the title question.

uninstall

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  1. Best Answer

    You neither must remove GnuPG (1) installed as gpg, nor can safely. It can safely coexist with GnuPG 2 installed as gpg2, which is supported by Enigmail.

    The "old" GnuPG version 1 gpg is still used intensively by Ubuntu's (and Debian's) package management system and is not ready to be replaced by GnuPG 2 yet, at least doing so is not officially supported and might break your system.

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  2. GnuPG is an important part of the system and used for example by the package manager. You can't remove it without breaking the system.

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