How to Install and Uninstall secure-delete Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the secure-delete on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "secure-delete" package

Please follow the steps below to install secure-delete on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall secure-delete on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

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: tools to wipe files, free disk space, swap and memory
Description-md5: 0426859779600c35a7e98d566d1e00c9