How To Install fscrypt on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fscrypt on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is fscrypt
fscrypt is:
fscrypt is a high-level tool for the management of Linux filesystem encryption. This tool manages metadata, key generation, key wrapping, PAM integration, and provides a uniform interface for creating and modifying encrypted directories.
To use fscrypt, you must have a filesystem with encryption enabled and a kernel that supports reading/writing from that filesystem. Currently, ext4, F2FS, and UBIFS support Linux filesystem encryption. Ext4 has supported Linux filesystem encryption since v4.1, F2FS added support in v4.2, and UBIFS added support in v4.10. Other filesystems may add support for native encryption in the future.
There are three methods to install fscrypt 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 fscrypt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fscrypt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fscrypt
Install fscrypt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fscrypt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fscrypt
Install fscrypt 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 fscrypt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fscrypt
How To Uninstall fscrypt on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the fscrypt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fscrypt
Uninstall fscrypt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fscrypt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fscrypt
Remove fscrypt Configurations and Data
To remove fscrypt configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fscrypt
Remove fscrypt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fscrypt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fscrypt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fscrypt package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
