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

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "libpam-fscrypt" package

This guide let you learn how to install libpam-fscrypt on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libpam-fscrypt on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: libpam-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
Source: fscrypt
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4903
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.32), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), fscrypt
Filename: pool/universe/f/fscrypt/libpam-fscrypt_0.2.9-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 1329556
MD5sum: f4308b24762385a8f564cf5475199355
SHA1: 1d9a15bcd3d940db1535a2f4f1de064938af3a45
SHA256: 983bdf50638f609f0c67d47a7e85706f538cca7d654ab507752dd7ef10d7ecb0
SHA512: 23574d357c008e870a6cdd69445f22c70ea7cd95f6a73174f51199d7408b991abf732200184ecf34c207195c2753a66f345b0fa20f8b7559ce4dc3ca1ab0848d
Homepage: https://github.com/google/fscrypt
Description-en: PAM module for 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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This PAM module can be used to unlock one or more directories upon user
login and then lock those directories when the user ends their session.
Description-md5: 421164b2c9097f303ec36802927e6dea