How To Install keyutils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install keyutils
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is keyutils
keyutils is:
Keyutils is a set of utilities for managing the key retention facility in the kernel, which can be used by filesystems, block devices and more to gain and retain the authorization and encryption keys required to perform secure operations.
There are three methods to install keyutils
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install keyutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install keyutils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install keyutils
Install keyutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install keyutils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install keyutils
Install keyutils 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 keyutils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install keyutils
How To Uninstall keyutils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the keyutils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove keyutils
Uninstall keyutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall keyutils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove keyutils
Remove keyutils Configurations and Data
To remove keyutils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge keyutils
Remove keyutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove keyutils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge keyutils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install keyutils
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.