How to Install and Uninstall fscrypt Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "fscrypt" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install fscrypt on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall fscrypt on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fscrypt
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fscrypt package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: fscrypt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.2.9-1
Built-Using: go-md2man (= 1.0.10+ds-1), golang-1.14 (= 1.14.3-2ubuntu2), golang-blackfriday (= 1.5.2+git20200218.41c5fcc-1), golang-github-pkg-errors (= 0.9.1-1), golang-github-urfave-cli (= 1.22.2-4), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.0~git20200604.70a84ac-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.0~git20200523.0598657-1), golang-goprotobuf (= 1.3.4-2)
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4928
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
Suggests: libpam-fscrypt
Filename: pool/universe/f/fscrypt/fscrypt_0.2.9-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1547144
MD5sum: f00521a9dee45779683163c3b8f432b9
SHA1: 3a219f76b0943fea081f3e96a0d72e58d87fb2a0
SHA256: 613a428e76f3c96d89aa130a7490c36c101563a49b7a9ad38cba9b7db7b4074d
SHA512: ed9bc2da4c713044421f1de13d5e7a7b9d6ea6d38a613c40d66b6d30feac65b818d6150e8f1266abc08f5f630a2c12e90e8de629d36ac4d1c497a8c5d2399faa
Homepage: https://github.com/google/fscrypt
Description-en: Tool for managing Linux filesystem encryption
fscrypt is a high-level tool for the management of Linux filesystem
encryption. This tool manages metadata, key generation, key wrapping,
PAM integration, and provides a uniform interface for creating and
modifying encrypted directories.
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To use fscrypt, you must have a filesystem with encryption enabled and
a kernel that supports reading/writing from that filesystem. Currently,
ext4, F2FS, and UBIFS support Linux filesystem encryption. Ext4 has
supported Linux filesystem encryption since v4.1, F2FS added support
in v4.2, and UBIFS added support in v4.10. Other filesystems may add
support for native encryption in the future.
Description-md5: a00e89ddf41088a1fe352513192a47b3