How To Install secure-delete on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install secure-delete on Ubuntu 20.04. secure-delete is tools to wipe files, free disk space, swap and memory

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install secure-delete on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is secure-delete

secure-delete is:

Gutmann method based tools for securely wiping data from files, free disk space, swap and memory: srm, sfill, sswap and sdmem.

There are three methods to install secure-delete 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04

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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install secure-delete package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.