How To Install nautilus-wipe on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-wipe on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nautilus-wipe
nautilus-wipe is:
Nautilus Wipe is a Nautilus extension that adds “Securely erase” and “Securely fill empty space” items to the right-click menu.
The progress and results of the operations are shown in a progress dialog.
There are three methods to install nautilus-wipe 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 nautilus-wipe Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nautilus-wipe using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nautilus-wipe
Install nautilus-wipe Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nautilus-wipe using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nautilus-wipe
Install nautilus-wipe 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 nautilus-wipe using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nautilus-wipe
How To Uninstall nautilus-wipe on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nautilus-wipe package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nautilus-wipe
Uninstall nautilus-wipe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nautilus-wipe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nautilus-wipe
Remove nautilus-wipe Configurations and Data
To remove nautilus-wipe configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nautilus-wipe
Remove nautilus-wipe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nautilus-wipe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nautilus-wipe
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-wipe package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.