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

Last updated: November 21,2024

1. Install "gocryptfs" package

Please follow the instructions below to install gocryptfs on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gocryptfs on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: gocryptfs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.8.0-1
Built-Using: golang-1.15 (= 1.15.4-1ubuntu1), golang-github-hanwen-go-fuse (= 2.0.3-1), golang-github-jacobsa-crypto (= 0.0~git20190317.9f44e2d+dfsg1-3), golang-github-rfjakob-eme (= 1.1.1-1), golang-github-sabhiram-go-gitignore (= 1.0.2-2), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.0~git20201016.9e8e0b3-1), golang-golang-x-sync (= 0.0~git20190911.cd5d95a-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.0~git20201101.da20708-2)
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 10065
Depends: libfuse2, libc6 (>= 2.32), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gocryptfs/gocryptfs_1.8.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1910684
MD5sum: 066bcea713a9fdcbb575678c91a08774
SHA1: ff16b02393eb91da21a648715f11f7b48af37435
SHA256: e9e9a957802e5e92393b70ae06ff0beac643dc7c6c6587bb2113b9528d6d5156
SHA512: 5c3ffc96e0bc7908f7b19befe57c3f3cdebdb477d22d9a3eddb424b151c7a4cc1ca4d2355a8ea14656938228ee7771e648923f232d4f4c1552fe30d51e4c352f
Homepage: https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs
Description-en: Encrypted overlay filesystem written in Go
gocryptfs is built on top of the excellent go-fuse
(https://github.com/hanwen/go-fuse) FUSE library and its
LoopbackFileSystem API.
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This project was inspired by EncFS and strives to fix its
security issues while providing good performance (benchmarks
(https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/comparison/#performance)).
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For details on the security of gocryptfs see the Security
(https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/security/) design document.
Description-md5: 885f33609ec7ba845f3f61d4715db79f