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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "fscrypt" package

Learn how to install fscrypt on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall fscrypt on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: fscrypt
Source: fscrypt (0.3.3-1)
Version: 0.3.3-1+b6
Installed-Size: 4447
Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
Suggests: libpam-fscrypt
Description: Tool for managing Linux filesystem encryption
Description-md5: a00e89ddf41088a1fe352513192a47b3
Homepage: https://github.com/google/fscrypt
Built-Using: go-md2man-v2 (= 2.0.2+ds1-1), golang-1.19 (= 1.19.8-2), golang-blackfriday-v2 (= 2.1.0-1), golang-github-golang-protobuf-1-3 (= 1.3.5-4), golang-github-pkg-errors (= 0.9.1-2), golang-github-urfave-cli (= 1.22.9-2), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.4.0-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.3.0-1), golang-golang-x-term (= 0.3.0-1)
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fscrypt/fscrypt_0.3.3-1+b6_amd64.deb
Size: 1471000
MD5sum: 885df63deaf0c45011a706008962d314
SHA256: afd32d2d3dcd8e8db113d78e93affeee2500d1150718b156b912667567c00f95