How to Install and Uninstall secure-delete Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "secure-delete" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install secure-delete on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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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 covers the steps necessary to uninstall secure-delete on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: secure-delete
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.1-8
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: georges Khaznadar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 161
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Filename: pool/universe/s/secure-delete/secure-delete_3.1-8_amd64.deb
Size: 74012
MD5sum: 6ec018861e18808e88e84d3d3f3d0a3e
SHA1: c7e2186cf4e05a3e0d861f3df387fc6978293e36
SHA256: ac38a5d9f454985bad063d3c9c4de0f837920d46b691b2bc02d1efd36a56dee5
SHA512: 5b7f8d2dd0a5d5ea91e38149ae4ab3ad73790d65c3cd02a953d44b6aad23e451cbc301afb12bce4aad8760277de6cee297baebbb2a933b818ca1f0ec329679c0
Homepage: https://www.thc.org
Description: tools to wipe files, free disk space, swap and memory
Description-md5: 0426859779600c35a7e98d566d1e00c9