How to Install and Uninstall encfs Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 10,2024

You can also install and uninstall the encfs on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "encfs" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install encfs on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                encfs
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "encfs" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall encfs on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                encfs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the encfs package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: encfs
Version: 1.9.5-2
Installed-Size: 1610
Maintainer: Eduard Bloch
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libfuse2 (>= 2.9), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libtinyxml2-9 (>= 8.0.0), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, mount (>> 2.19.1), fuse
Description: encrypted virtual filesystem
Description-md5: 548b455c473b2471eae5efe6de874f33
Homepage: https://vgough.github.io/encfs/
Tag: admin::filesystem, implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, security::cryptography
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/encfs/encfs_1.9.5-2_amd64.deb
Size: 387352
MD5sum: c879d99eda2525336028b58e6ecdb2b7
SHA256: 5dd1410f46a786b05f522cadfe2245fca584457bb1934fe15a2a0c97b4268bf8