How To Install aespipe on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install aespipe on Ubuntu 22.04. aespipe is AES-encryption tool with loop-AES support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aespipe on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is aespipe

aespipe is:

aespipe is an encryption tool that reads from standard input and writes to standard output. It uses the AES (Rijndael) cipher.

aespipe can be used for non-destructive in-place encryption of existing disk partitions for use with the loop-AES encrypted loopback kernel module.

It can also be used as an encryption filter to create and restore encrypted tar/cpio backup archives and to read/write and convert loop-AES compatible encrypted images.

Note that aespipe does not store any length information with the encrypted images, so it cannot be used as general purpose filter for encryption, but only for certain formats like tar.

There are three methods to install aespipe on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install aespipe Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install aespipe

Install aespipe Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install aespipe using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install aespipe

Install aespipe 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 aespipe using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aespipe

How To Uninstall aespipe on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the aespipe package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aespipe

Uninstall aespipe And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aespipe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aespipe

Remove aespipe Configurations and Data

To remove aespipe configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aespipe

Remove aespipe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aespipe

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aespipe package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.