How To Install erfs on Debian 12

Learn how to install erfs on Debian 12 with this tutorial. erfs is Client to use a free encrypted cloud based network file system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install erfs on Debian 12.

What is erfs

erfs is:

An easy-to-use, easy-to-setup, hassle-free secure file system with the encrypted data being stored on a remote cloud server without having to trust the server.

All key material is created on the user’s computer and never stored or transferred to the server.

All data is locally encrypted (including the file name). The encrypted data (and only that!) is stored in the cloud. The data remains secure even if the cloud server is compromised. It does not need root or superuser privileges. No need to run your own server. All you need is the bash script (literally). It is one single command to add and use a file system:

$ erfs mount aDe5F2ik3x35x7pfAEAWdC5Y ~/secure

There are three methods to install erfs on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install erfs Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install erfs

Install erfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install erfs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install erfs

Install erfs 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 erfs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install erfs

How To Uninstall erfs on Debian 12

To uninstall only the erfs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove erfs

Uninstall erfs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall erfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove erfs

Remove erfs Configurations and Data

To remove erfs configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge erfs

Remove erfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge erfs

Dependencies

erfs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install erfs package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.