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

Last updated: April 30,2024

1. Install "nwipe" package

Learn how to install nwipe on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall nwipe on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nwipe
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nwipe package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: nwipe
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.30-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Martijn van Brummelen
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 119
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.32), libncurses6 (>= 6), libparted2 (>= 3.1), libtinfo6 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/n/nwipe/nwipe_0.30-1_amd64.deb
Size: 44652
MD5sum: c6f20583f1652debfe1ba6522ead5fc3
SHA1: eb6e5ce7fbdbe1195374494cd8007bb822171d2a
SHA256: 91fd52a8800e81f8a8560aca4bfc77885ad684ded42b7217e078cef0f5507f0a
SHA512: 0a81e29f3e2c2c8cd349e6c3c00ed71e4c0efb0337ca6b1ec4c31ea153092003b446d8ece2c0f3c90852dcfe96df88a3f3de94daceaaaf2e4be7ec8949b7fa4a
Homepage: https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe
Description-en: Utility to securely erase disks
Nwipe is a command that will securely erase disks using a variety of
recognised methods. It is a fork of the dwipe command used by Darik's Boot and
Nuke (DBAN).
Description-md5: 4c9098ef9191f65068f0701d3db2f71c