How To Install fscrypt on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fscrypt
on Debian 11.
What is fscrypt
fscrypt is:
fscrypt is a high-level tool for the management of Linux filesystem encryption. This tool manages metadata, key generation, key wrapping, PAM integration, and provides a uniform interface for creating and modifying encrypted directories.
To use fscrypt, you must have a filesystem with encryption enabled and a kernel that supports reading/writing from that filesystem. Currently, ext4, F2FS, and UBIFS support Linux filesystem encryption. Ext4 has supported Linux filesystem encryption since v4.1, F2FS added support in v4.2, and UBIFS added support in v4.10. Other filesystems may add support for native encryption in the future.
There are three methods to install fscrypt
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fscrypt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fscrypt
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fscrypt
Install fscrypt Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fscrypt
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fscrypt
Install fscrypt Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fscrypt
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fscrypt
How To Uninstall fscrypt on Debian 11
To uninstall only the fscrypt
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fscrypt
Uninstall fscrypt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fscrypt
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fscrypt
Remove fscrypt Configurations and Data
To remove fscrypt
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fscrypt
Remove fscrypt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fscrypt
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fscrypt
Dependencies
fscrypt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fscrypt
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.