How To Install cryfs on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryfs
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is cryfs
cryfs is:
CryFS encrypts your files, so you can safely store them anywhere. It works well together with cloud services like Dropbox, iCloud, OneDrive and others.
There are three methods to install cryfs
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 cryfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cryfs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cryfs
Install cryfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cryfs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cryfs
Install cryfs 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 cryfs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cryfs
How To Uninstall cryfs on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the cryfs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cryfs
Uninstall cryfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cryfs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cryfs
Remove cryfs Configurations and Data
To remove cryfs
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cryfs
Remove cryfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cryfs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cryfs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryfs
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.