How To Install clevis-initramfs on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-initramfs on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is clevis-initramfs
clevis-initramfs is:
Clevis is a plugable framework for automated decryption. This package provides integration for initramfs-tools to automatically unlock LUKSv1 block devices in early boot.
Package: clevis-initramfs Architecture: all Version: 12-1ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: universe/net Source: clevis Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Christoph Biedl [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 27 Depends: clevis-luks, initramfs-tools Filename: pool/universe/c/clevis/clevis-initramfs_12-1ubuntu2_all.deb Size: 5328 MD5sum: e0f1aa66f3d1f39cc0f02b7663647381 SHA1: 09540f4c8231d984a58059125a4396670cf9706e SHA256: a99bb45f48308171e1eea934899cad655163be4ee82f23bbcf441c7b45ff12de Homepage: https://github.com/latchset/clevis Description-en: Clevis initramfs integration Clevis is a plugable framework for automated decryption. This package provides integration for initramfs-tools to automatically unlock LUKSv1 block devices in early boot.
There are three methods to install clevis-initramfs on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install clevis-initramfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install clevis-initramfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install clevis-initramfs
Install clevis-initramfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install clevis-initramfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install clevis-initramfs
Install clevis-initramfs 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install clevis-initramfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clevis-initramfs
How To Uninstall clevis-initramfs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the clevis-initramfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove clevis-initramfs
Uninstall clevis-initramfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall clevis-initramfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove clevis-initramfs
Remove clevis-initramfs Configurations and Data
To remove clevis-initramfs configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge clevis-initramfs
Remove clevis-initramfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove clevis-initramfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clevis-initramfs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-initramfs package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.