How To Install gocryptfs on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gocryptfs
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gocryptfs
gocryptfs is:
gocryptfs is built on top of the excellent go-fuse (https://github.com/hanwen/go-fuse) FUSE library and its LoopbackFileSystem API.
This project was inspired by EncFS and strives to fix its security issues while providing good performance (benchmarks (https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/comparison/#performance)).
For details on the security of gocryptfs see the Security (https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/security/) design document.
There are three methods to install gocryptfs
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 gocryptfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gocryptfs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gocryptfs
Install gocryptfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gocryptfs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gocryptfs
Install gocryptfs 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 gocryptfs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gocryptfs
How To Uninstall gocryptfs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gocryptfs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gocryptfs
Uninstall gocryptfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gocryptfs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gocryptfs
Remove gocryptfs Configurations and Data
To remove gocryptfs
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gocryptfs
Remove gocryptfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gocryptfs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gocryptfs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gocryptfs
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.