How to Install and Uninstall secure-delete Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "secure-delete" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install secure-delete on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                secure-delete
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "secure-delete" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall secure-delete on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                secure-delete
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the secure-delete package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: secure-delete
Version: 3.1-6
Installed-Size: 156
Maintainer: Robert Lemmen
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Description: tools to wipe files, free disk space, swap and memory
Description-md5: f66cc5f8640ca20283123f28e0393d11
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, security::privacy, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/secure-delete/secure-delete_3.1-6_amd64.deb
Size: 69620
MD5sum: a549d67fa82b310bf207ce9fa5429123
SHA256: 2f9f11f62cef5b65ef9ff1153976225816a04867eaff2e38f5a9ff89734014c8