How to Install and Uninstall wipe Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: April 19,2024

1. Install "wipe" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install wipe on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall wipe on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: wipe
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.24-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Forensics
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 86
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/universe/w/wipe/wipe_0.24-2_amd64.deb
Size: 38348
MD5sum: 6d4a5746281c65fe8f0157ca370f7138
SHA1: b7f811d8d320bf49e602392f3f5b1295b4010020
SHA256: 32ccf41be4c169e22c41d358c8204953b1cedb923a74e4f3fff8216f1bcfdf9a
Homepage: https://github.com/berke/wipe
Description: secure file deletion
Description-md5: 1a506a423a5341cc02f3faef2f77580f