How To Install sirikali on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sirikali on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sirikali
sirikali is:
Sirikali provides a Qt/C++ GUI front end to cryfs,gocryptfs,securefs and encfs, allowing the user to create, mount, and unmount encrypted volumes.
There are three methods to install sirikali 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 sirikali Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sirikali using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sirikali
Install sirikali Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sirikali using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sirikali
Install sirikali 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 sirikali using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sirikali
How To Uninstall sirikali on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sirikali package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sirikali
Uninstall sirikali And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sirikali and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sirikali
Remove sirikali Configurations and Data
To remove sirikali configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sirikali
Remove sirikali configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sirikali configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sirikali
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sirikali package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
