How to Install and Uninstall gocryptfs Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "gocryptfs" package

This is a short guide on how to install gocryptfs on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: gocryptfs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.4.0-1build1
Built-Using: golang-1.21 (= 1.21.0-1), 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 (= 1:0.4.0-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.8.0-1), golang-golang-x-term (= 0.8.0-1)
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 8392
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0)
Recommends: fuse3
Suggests: fido2-tools
Filename: pool/universe/g/gocryptfs/gocryptfs_2.4.0-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 2052902
MD5sum: e669d71254b217e3c892c9308ccb1bdb
SHA1: c9f3fdb2e4fba26ac494a46b6c2b437de339699c
SHA256: fde0bb6bbc1bc0a9794d11190491db183ad6f53f79d9e4835626c803a766266b
SHA512: 88c1998f63dee390962938e0ff2651fcb6769b24ee4c0bfe8a541ed1d11bdff416d7bfa3988ee04d2fa4448d44011d144d8e1c95240115069b43c7dc8433665f
Homepage: https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs
Description: Encrypted overlay filesystem written in Go
Description-md5: 885f33609ec7ba845f3f61d4715db79f