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

Last updated: April 25,2024

1. Install "wipe" package

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


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall wipe on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: wipe
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.24-6
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 88
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/universe/w/wipe/wipe_0.24-6_amd64.deb
Size: 38600
MD5sum: 587100e9820e736d41570bef0736d364
SHA1: bdf0d37f080320b00c4af2d611c16e838357ad7f
SHA256: 920a94e4c84fb73ba68fbf458ed8c6ab236254db6e7cbebf5885f4eaf8bdc349
SHA512: 92125cc766d2e5ad220b0a22d5d8354c22e4fcda93361a2f5c929be2a10872cc2495e3381f7c56a1d8b918bfd74f3a566dc0fe269c4def72f1c500e0f4c67f84
Homepage: https://github.com/berke/wipe
Description-en: secure file deletion
Recovery of supposedly erased data from magnetic media is easier than
what many people would like to believe. A technique called Magnetic
Force Microscopy (MFM) allows any moderately funded opponent to recover
the last two or three layers of data written to disk. Wipe repeatedly
writes special patterns to the files to be destroyed, using the fsync()
call and/or the O_SYNC bit to force disk access.
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Wipe can permanently delete data in hard disks and flash drives (caution!
several writes can damage solid medias).
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This program is useful in anti-forensics and security activities.
Description-md5: 1a506a423a5341cc02f3faef2f77580f