gpgv2 command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix gpgv2 command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

gpgv2: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: gpgv2: command not found

In Ubuntu gpgv2 is provided by gpgv2 package.

gpgv2 is:

GnuPG is GNU’s tool for secure communication and data storage. gpgv is a stripped-down version of gpg which is only able to check signatures.

This is a dummy transitional package that provides symlinks from gpgv2 to gpgv.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install gpgv2

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install gpgv2.

sudo apt -y install gpgv2

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install gpgv2

In this tutorial we learn how to fix gpgv2 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.