How to Install and Uninstall ecryptfs-utils Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "ecryptfs-utils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ecryptfs-utils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ecryptfs-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ecryptfs-utils" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall ecryptfs-utils on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                ecryptfs-utils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ecryptfs-utils package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: ecryptfs-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 111-5ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 472
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libecryptfs1, libgpgme11 (>= 1.1.2), libkeyutils1 (>= 1.4), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libtspi1 (>= 0.3.1), gettext-base, keyutils, libpam-runtime
Suggests: cryptsetup, rsync
Filename: pool/universe/e/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-utils_111-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 93596
MD5sum: 194102fcd0e547b77283d40b7ebe78a1
SHA1: aa282c7ff15cb9e4f96b21e83e5eb510c7ebd7d1
SHA256: 47ef2c7c2ccf6a5ffee7608ff955044799bb21c5d6ebcf35cfd7f61077320613
SHA512: 4305f84a6740478fdac3035e94a952ba287c4db25e8384ddd8ea89687549062eac7067374c0144551d011aec9f58f5a68f0f6d5a666aff388adacd3fa6d31ea9
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/ecryptfs
Description-en: ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (utilities)
eCryptfs is a POSIX-compliant enterprise-class stacked cryptographic
filesystem for Linux.
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It provides advanced key management and policy features. eCryptfs stores
cryptographic metadata in the header of each file written, so that encrypted
files can be copied between hosts; the file will be decryptable with the
proper key, and there is no need to keep track of any additional information
aside from what is already in the encrypted file itself. Think of eCryptfs as
a sort of "gnupgfs".
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eCryptfs is a native Linux filesystem. The kernel module component of
eCryptfs is part of the Linux kernel since 2.6.19.
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This package contains the userland utilities.
Description-md5: 0bf06b0c4b460dff7f2fc2f475707923