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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "gocryptfs" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gocryptfs on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall gocryptfs on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gocryptfs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7.1-1build1
Built-Using: golang-1.14 (= 1.14.7-2ubuntu1), golang-github-hanwen-go-fuse (= 0.0~git20190214.58dcd77-1), golang-github-jacobsa-crypto (= 0.0~git20190317.9f44e2d+dfsg1-3), golang-github-rfjakob-eme (= 1.1-6), golang-github-sabhiram-go-gitignore (= 1.0.2-2), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.0~git20200604.70a84ac-2), golang-golang-x-sync (= 0.0~git20190911.cd5d95a-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.0~git20200523.0598657-1)
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: 9071
Depends: libfuse2, libc6 (>= 2.32), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gocryptfs/gocryptfs_1.7.1-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 1903372
MD5sum: 9a01cf730d93289ae6ecf7516eb5cdfd
SHA1: fb94ee39b667454a6a38fd27147481b1e77f8022
SHA256: 2a6bef62f6507f0fb098dfde25b71680586f432044e4feefdee4c49d401f7f21
SHA512: 4b38005e720c326924f2d0e166339274af5fb6b4bc27f156ed5d2ddb723f3ec6d1e813dcc7ce197cc3819c630a70deb46cfa8affbafedee7e89adbd494bbe389
Homepage: https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs
Description-en: Encrypted overlay filesystem written in Go
gocryptfs is built on top of the excellent go-fuse
(https://github.com/hanwen/go-fuse) FUSE library and its
LoopbackFileSystem API.
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This project was inspired by EncFS and strives to fix its
security issues while providing good performance (benchmarks
(https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/comparison/#performance)).
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For details on the security of gocryptfs see the Security
(https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/security/) design document.
Description-md5: 885f33609ec7ba845f3f61d4715db79f