How to Install and Uninstall nwipe Package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "nwipe" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install nwipe on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall nwipe on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nwipe
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nwipe package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Package: nwipe
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.31-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Martijn van Brummelen
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 120
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libncurses6 (>= 6), libparted2 (>= 3.1), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/n/nwipe/nwipe_0.31-1_amd64.deb
Size: 47108
MD5sum: c035c0a1692ebdc5535aa0496037ee4f
SHA1: 7912e5a4ab17158226b0e7928d0da697a85fdc4d
SHA256: dbdfcdf4c39d3c6e12c892558a77902d7710299813595ee8e246bfcc03d8b39f
SHA512: 26f77caf6b567f22b2aa49bd3168abe8999bc735be5420bff3f29acdb810a07e94f6f37d5ccf1fab455f78e6cc68158f681a30b94879096c7eeb5df481a0cf31
Homepage: https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe
Description: Utility to securely erase disks
Description-md5: 4c9098ef9191f65068f0701d3db2f71c