How to Install and Uninstall fsverity Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "fsverity" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install fsverity on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 instructions below to uninstall fsverity on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: fsverity
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4-1~exp1
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: 46
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libfsverity0 (= 1.4-1~exp1)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fsverity-utils/fsverity_1.4-1~exp1_amd64.deb
Size: 13940
MD5sum: 0738e59de97539986545351aebeb1d78
SHA1: 1e2c69563d6657672903ae9f4b6c82a350721daa
SHA256: e12d4350f59cb07e5d3fd39e062c00248d28df2072953fd7dd9359887470018c
SHA512: ffa9efc13dae641fbeb1424259e33a77dbbe9d17232808e72986040760d788aef20afcb1858c4e4a7c11feecd02cce287dd4863a565a5cde92af3d8025925261
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