How to Install and Uninstall secure-delete Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "secure-delete" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                secure-delete
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "secure-delete" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall secure-delete on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: secure-delete
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.1-7
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 161
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Filename: pool/universe/s/secure-delete/secure-delete_3.1-7_amd64.deb
Size: 74384
MD5sum: a0824be0282b85cb171a961f042ff777
SHA1: 157447fc7e33ec0f7136767483977786c4ed5088
SHA256: a42c196ae55739833104364558f769115edd540be809e79cd208f7391e7b55a4
SHA512: 550ef9068c722e51417a4a6f34fa620c03a006f87d2ad8ab27dceada5d5e8a53086b0f0a0e64923b213cc72949b88513974cab7fbcfd407ed0d6ee0c8b4fe1ce
Homepage: https://www.thc.org
Description-en: tools to wipe files, free disk space, swap and memory
Gutmann method based tools for securely wiping data from files, free disk
space, swap and memory. This is a set of tools useful for security and
anti-forensics actions.
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This package provides srm, sfill, sswap and sdmem commands.
Description-md5: 0426859779600c35a7e98d566d1e00c9