How to Install and Uninstall ecryptfs-utils Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "ecryptfs-utils" package

Please follow the guidance below to install ecryptfs-utils on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ecryptfs-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ecryptfs-utils" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall ecryptfs-utils on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ecryptfs-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ecryptfs-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: ecryptfs-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 111-0ubuntu5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Dustin Kirkland
Original-Maintainer: Daniel Baumann
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 572
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libecryptfs1 (>= 104-0ubuntu1), libkeyutils1 (>= 1.4), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), gettext-base, keyutils, libpam-runtime (>= 1.0.1-6)
Recommends: cryptsetup, lsof, rsync
Suggests: zescrow-client
Filename: pool/universe/e/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-utils_111-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 106150
MD5sum: 41229cc86cd12e4928d85e842d2beaf9
SHA1: 3bb20e4bbd423a8f18c29c073bcfb97d439d0c9e
SHA256: 55718799d222c597618f0d30740fdca9cf5fa01118bf94b6ecea14e1224357a4
Homepage: http://ecryptfs.org/
Description: ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (utilities)
Description-md5: 86edf09a53857e8032a0fe1204a813d9