How To Install clevis-luks on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-luks on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is clevis-luks
clevis-luks is:
This package allows you to bind a LUKSv1 volume to a clevis unlocking policy. For automated unlocking, an unlocker will also be required. See, for example, clevis-dracut and clevis-udisks2.
There are three methods to install clevis-luks 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 clevis-luks Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install clevis-luks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install clevis-luks
Install clevis-luks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install clevis-luks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install clevis-luks
Install clevis-luks 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 clevis-luks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clevis-luks
How To Uninstall clevis-luks on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the clevis-luks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove clevis-luks
Uninstall clevis-luks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall clevis-luks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove clevis-luks
Remove clevis-luks Configurations and Data
To remove clevis-luks configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge clevis-luks
Remove clevis-luks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove clevis-luks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clevis-luks
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-luks package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
