How to Install and Uninstall fscrypt Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "fscrypt" package

Please follow the steps below to install fscrypt on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall fscrypt on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fscrypt
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fscrypt package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: fscrypt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.2.9-1build1
Built-Using: go-md2man-v2 (= 2.0.0+ds-5), golang-1.15 (= 1.15.4-1ubuntu1), golang-blackfriday-v2 (= 2.0.1-3), golang-github-pkg-errors (= 0.9.1-1), golang-github-shurcool-sanitized-anchor-name (= 1.0.0-1), golang-github-urfave-cli (= 1.22.4-2), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.0~git20200604.70a84ac-2), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.0~git20201101.da20708-1), golang-goprotobuf (= 1.3.4-2)
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4691
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.32), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1)
Suggests: libpam-fscrypt
Filename: pool/universe/f/fscrypt/fscrypt_0.2.9-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 1445960
MD5sum: ddbfba69227e053da657e4edf0fc1860
SHA1: f682f3bb666362149e0b9b2cd3f819ceda38ad70
SHA256: 638b84d586ad8dc5efe3ad1e33769993cae76fa5b414a51e2759eacb5b77ee35
SHA512: 81e4014d66ba2bd8559232ebd380671182934a2d7f8095934843eb2abbc409cacbe9058a1a8cf68f6610f80725125e19f932c06895e5d5c6a7dc6e1f3bd50026
Homepage: https://github.com/google/fscrypt
Description-en: Tool for managing Linux filesystem encryption
fscrypt is a high-level tool for the management of Linux filesystem
encryption. This tool manages metadata, key generation, key wrapping,
PAM integration, and provides a uniform interface for creating and
modifying encrypted directories.
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To use fscrypt, you must have a filesystem with encryption enabled and
a kernel that supports reading/writing from that filesystem. Currently,
ext4, F2FS, and UBIFS support Linux filesystem encryption. Ext4 has
supported Linux filesystem encryption since v4.1, F2FS added support
in v4.2, and UBIFS added support in v4.10. Other filesystems may add
support for native encryption in the future.
Description-md5: a00e89ddf41088a1fe352513192a47b3