How To Install ecryptfs-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecryptfs-utils
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ecryptfs-utils
ecryptfs-utils is:
eCryptfs is a POSIX-compliant enterprise-class stacked cryptographic filesystem for Linux.
It provides advanced key management and policy features. eCryptfs stores cryptographic metadata in the header of each file written, so that encrypted files can be copied between hosts; the file will be decryptable with the proper key, and there is no need to keep track of any additional information aside from what is already in the encrypted file itself. Think of eCryptfs as a sort of “gnupgfs”.
eCryptfs is a native Linux filesystem. The kernel module component of eCryptfs is part of the Linux kernel since 2.6.19.
This package contains the userland utilities.
There are three methods to install ecryptfs-utils
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 ecryptfs-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ecryptfs-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ecryptfs-utils
Install ecryptfs-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ecryptfs-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ecryptfs-utils
Install ecryptfs-utils 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 ecryptfs-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ecryptfs-utils
How To Uninstall ecryptfs-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ecryptfs-utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ecryptfs-utils
Uninstall ecryptfs-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ecryptfs-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ecryptfs-utils
Remove ecryptfs-utils Configurations and Data
To remove ecryptfs-utils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ecryptfs-utils
Remove ecryptfs-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ecryptfs-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ecryptfs-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ecryptfs-utils
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.