How to Install and Uninstall secure-delete Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "secure-delete" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                secure-delete
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "secure-delete" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall secure-delete on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: secure-delete
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.1-6ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Robert Lemmen
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 146
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/s/secure-delete/secure-delete_3.1-6ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 64044
MD5sum: 3a79a149ba240df9469a840c684de3dd
SHA1: 89f98f0e455bb21a02b0b3a843e05f544520e596
SHA256: 1df2aa813e129f5ac984da0a58249f7a9928606ec49b861cbddfe950ed48b039
SHA512: 89ccfb32e9e82e9a30658bfa94bb0ac5aa27926ff0090026881634adc4812c8dd61a5de84149f2ff4d45558ae87e2adb42e94b9a7104718267bdc16b7c3b74e8
Description-en: tools to wipe files, free disk space, swap and memory
Gutmann method based tools for securely wiping data from files, free
disk space, swap and memory: srm, sfill, sswap and sdmem.
Description-md5: f66cc5f8640ca20283123f28e0393d11