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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "fsverity" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install fsverity on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall fsverity on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: fsverity
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: fsverity-utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Romain Perier
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 37
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libfsverity0 (= 1.3-1)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fsverity-utils/fsverity_1.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 9620
MD5sum: 4eabee30fa69d09e6f53bf7f4631a2f9
SHA1: 3facddaac073b12d8973f9b7b6e810914983ee83
SHA256: 7d4c81333bafca516c0e59bd7369d9674e2b03c6568278bc9ab770a0bea40aac
SHA512: 82bc05c73c46f125dfb1b56f18a7ad8c4cf98f67aec9281f4b7997946794ee67366cdeeb58dfbf85a8e82733b3aa624568eb3535e5d1cae3c07202758708404f
Homepage: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiggers/fsverity-utils.git
Description-en: Userspace utilities for fs-verity
fs-verity is a Linux kernel feature that does transparent on-demand
integrity/authenticity verification of the contents of read-only files,
using a hidden Merkle tree (hash tree) associated with the file. The
mechanism is similar to dm-verity, but implemented at the file level
rather than at the block device level.
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This package contains the fsverity utility
Description-md5: be042b74483d4462474af521a7644c14