How to Install and Uninstall libgfshare2 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "libgfshare2" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libgfshare2 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgfshare2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgfshare2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libgfshare2 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                libgfshare2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgfshare2 package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libgfshare2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.0-4
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libs
Source: libgfshare
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Simon McVittie
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 28
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: libgfshare-bin
Filename: pool/universe/libg/libgfshare/libgfshare2_2.0.0-4_amd64.deb
Size: 7816
MD5sum: abeaae8bdf480af2a27e783e5eea8be3
SHA1: 99c2c7171c9a027ffe2be2e5a1af4467a41e8b73
SHA256: 68576d503328f03236fb533b3786c9c6ec6609fb0f7a22c3ad033ae76031fb93
SHA512: eafd98680ba377bfffeb714b52ad7d64db6a588059de47e4547d5e96d9e20a1c50ce2b090de562ee5d6b7e2fbb8c4f316cecdeac12bc070b9b3722b15c91dc86
Homepage: https://git.gitano.org.uk/libgfshare.git/
Description-en: library for multi-way secret-sharing
This library implements Shamir's method for secret sharing, which can be
used to split a secret (like a GPG secret key) into multiple parts, so that
at least some number of those parts are needed to recover the original file,
but any smaller combination of parts is useless to an attacker.
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For instance, you might split a GPG key using a 3-of-5 share and put one
share on each of three computers, and two shares on a USB memory stick; then
you can use the GPG key on any of those three computers using the memory
stick, but if the memory stick is lost, you can recover the key by
bringing the three computers together.
Description-md5: 628936da63d395d26fd63f046c01caea