How To Install zulucrypt-gui on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install zulucrypt-gui on Ubuntu 20.04. zulucrypt-gui is graphical front end for zulucrypt-cli

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zulucrypt-gui on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is zulucrypt-gui

zulucrypt-gui is:

zulucrypt is a suite of applications for creating and managing volumes encrypted with luks, plain, truecrypt and veracrypt.

zulucrypt-gui is a front end for zulucrypt-cli. This way all activities can be performed easily by the graphical interface.

There are three methods to install zulucrypt-gui 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 zulucrypt-gui Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install zulucrypt-gui using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install zulucrypt-gui

Install zulucrypt-gui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install zulucrypt-gui using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install zulucrypt-gui

Install zulucrypt-gui 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 zulucrypt-gui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zulucrypt-gui

How To Uninstall zulucrypt-gui on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the zulucrypt-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zulucrypt-gui

Uninstall zulucrypt-gui And Its Dependencies

To uninstall zulucrypt-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zulucrypt-gui

Remove zulucrypt-gui Configurations and Data

To remove zulucrypt-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zulucrypt-gui

Remove zulucrypt-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove zulucrypt-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zulucrypt-gui

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Summary

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