How to Encrypt and Decrypt Files With GPG on Linux

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to encrypt and decrypt files with GPG.

GPG is a security tool for encrypting files like emails, messages, or just anything you need to send to someone securely.

Install GPG

GPG can be found in most Linux distributions out of the box. You can verify the version using ‘gpg — version’ in your terminal.

For Debian and Ubuntu-based systems, install the gpg package using:

sudo apt install gpg

Encrypting a File

The quick …

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