How To Install secure-delete on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install secure-delete on Debian 12.
What is secure-delete
secure-delete is:
Gutmann method based tools for securely wiping data from files, free disk space, swap and memory. This is a set of tools useful for security and anti-forensics actions.
This package provides srm, sfill, sswap and sdmem commands.
There are three methods to install secure-delete 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 secure-delete Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install secure-delete using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install secure-delete
Install secure-delete Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install secure-delete using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install secure-delete
Install secure-delete 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 secure-delete using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install secure-delete
How To Uninstall secure-delete on Debian 12
To uninstall only the secure-delete package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove secure-delete
Uninstall secure-delete And Its Dependencies
To uninstall secure-delete and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove secure-delete
Remove secure-delete Configurations and Data
To remove secure-delete configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge secure-delete
Remove secure-delete configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove secure-delete configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge secure-delete
Dependencies
secure-delete have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install secure-delete package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
