How To Install clevis-initramfs on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-initramfs
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 LUKS encrypted block devices in early boot.
There are three methods to install clevis-initramfs
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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 22.04
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 22.04, 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 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-initramfs
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.