How to Install and Uninstall secure-delete Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "secure-delete" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install secure-delete on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall secure-delete on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: secure-delete
Source: secure-delete (3.1-6)
Version: 3.1-6+b1
Installed-Size: 151
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+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 65704
MD5sum: c9baeec5ef0dcd1d46e50b2ef960d9b8
SHA256: be03a635621f0fae8da91707cddae9b9db36269b9c7b1302c56b1e24b1a81984