How To Install clevis-udisks2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-udisks2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is clevis-udisks2
clevis-udisks2 is:
Clevis is a plugable framework for automated decryption. This package provides automatic unlocking LUKSv1 block devices in desktop environments that use UDisks2 or storaged.
There are three methods to install clevis-udisks2 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-udisks2 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-udisks2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install clevis-udisks2
Install clevis-udisks2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install clevis-udisks2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install clevis-udisks2
Install clevis-udisks2 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-udisks2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clevis-udisks2
How To Uninstall clevis-udisks2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the clevis-udisks2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove clevis-udisks2
Uninstall clevis-udisks2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall clevis-udisks2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove clevis-udisks2
Remove clevis-udisks2 Configurations and Data
To remove clevis-udisks2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge clevis-udisks2
Remove clevis-udisks2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove clevis-udisks2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clevis-udisks2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-udisks2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.