How To Install libgfshare-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfshare-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgfshare-bin
libgfshare-bin is:
This package contains the gfsplit and gfcombine binaries.
gfsplit can be used to split a secret file (like a GPG secret key) into multiple parts, so that at least some number of those parts are needed to recover the original file, but any smaller combination of parts is useless to an attacker. gfcombine is used to combine the parts created by gfsplit.
For instance, you might split a GPG key using a 3-of-5 share and put one share on each of three computers, and two shares on a USB memory stick; then you can use the GPG key on any of those three computers using the memory stick, but if the memory stick is lost, you can recover the key by bringing the three computers together.
There are three methods to install libgfshare-bin 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 libgfshare-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgfshare-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgfshare-bin
Install libgfshare-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgfshare-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgfshare-bin
Install libgfshare-bin 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 libgfshare-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgfshare-bin
How To Uninstall libgfshare-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgfshare-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgfshare-bin
Uninstall libgfshare-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgfshare-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgfshare-bin
Remove libgfshare-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libgfshare-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgfshare-bin
Remove libgfshare-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgfshare-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgfshare-bin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgfshare-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
