How To Install clevis-systemd on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-systemd on Ubuntu 20.04. clevis-systemd is systemd integration for clevis systemd integration for clevis

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-systemd on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is clevis-systemd

clevis-systemd is:

Clevis is a plugable framework for automated decryption. This package provides automatic unlocking of LUKSv1 _netdev block devices from /etc/crypttab.

Package: clevis-systemd Architecture: amd64 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: 24 Depends: clevis-luks, ncat, systemd Filename: pool/universe/c/clevis/clevis-systemd_12-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb Size: 4992 MD5sum: 9bd21d567194b3402fb52be10afa570a SHA1: 79bfe9d76745efdcc078d5be9c4f53137afc7a4a SHA256: 3e77dd3cf24726540ceab5f147551b40278660d92ca608f908c62a8e033fa875 Homepage: https://github.com/latchset/clevis Description-en: systemd integration for clevis Clevis is a plugable framework for automated decryption. This package provides automatic unlocking of LUKSv1 _netdev block devices from /etc/crypttab.

There are three methods to install clevis-systemd 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-systemd 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-systemd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install clevis-systemd

Install clevis-systemd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install clevis-systemd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install clevis-systemd

Install clevis-systemd 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-systemd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clevis-systemd

How To Uninstall clevis-systemd on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the clevis-systemd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove clevis-systemd

Uninstall clevis-systemd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall clevis-systemd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clevis-systemd

Remove clevis-systemd Configurations and Data

To remove clevis-systemd configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge clevis-systemd

Remove clevis-systemd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove clevis-systemd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clevis-systemd

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-systemd package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.