How to Install and Uninstall gocryptfs Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "gocryptfs" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install gocryptfs on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall gocryptfs on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gocryptfs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gocryptfs package on Kali Linux

Package: gocryptfs
Source: gocryptfs (2.4.0-1)
Version: 2.4.0-1+b2
Installed-Size: 8397
Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0)
Recommends: fuse3
Suggests: fido2-tools
Size: 1864336
SHA256: b51394c0d5c770bd46f00bd3d33a2ebb669f800ac28e8304ed33d1dd5e411bae
SHA1: 3fadc69df72d9d985678f37d10672a56e531762f
MD5sum: 54aee3c6cbb0fb22fbf49a343aa46890
Description: Encrypted overlay filesystem written in Go
gocryptfs is built on top of the excellent go-fuse
(https://github.com/hanwen/go-fuse) FUSE library and its
LoopbackFileSystem API.
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This project was inspired by EncFS and strives to fix its
security issues while providing good performance (benchmarks
(https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/comparison/#performance)).
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For details on the security of gocryptfs see the Security
(https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/security/) design document.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs
Built-Using: golang-1.21 (= 1.21.3-1), golang-github-hanwen-go-fuse (= 2.1.0+git20220822.58a7e14-1), golang-github-jacobsa-crypto (= 0.0~git20190317.9f44e2d+dfsg1-4), golang-github-rfjakob-eme (= 1.1.2-1), golang-github-sabhiram-go-gitignore (= 1.0.2+git20210923.525f6e1-1), golang-github-spf13-pflag (= 1.0.6~git20210604-d5e0c0615ace-1), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.13.0-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.12.0-1), golang-golang-x-term (= 0.12.0-1)
Tag: implemented-in::TODO, role::program, security::cryptography,
works-with::file
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gocryptfs/gocryptfs_2.4.0-1+b2_amd64.deb