How to Install and Uninstall ecryptfs-utils Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "ecryptfs-utils" package

Please follow the steps below to install ecryptfs-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install ecryptfs-utils

2. Uninstall "ecryptfs-utils" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall ecryptfs-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove ecryptfs-utils $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the ecryptfs-utils package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ecryptfs-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 111-0ubuntu1.1
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Dustin Kirkland
Original-Maintainer: Daniel Baumann
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 568
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libecryptfs1 (>= 104-0ubuntu1), libkeyutils1 (>= 1.4), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), gettext-base, keyutils, libnss3-1d, libpam-runtime (>= 1.0.1-6)
Recommends: cryptsetup, lsof, rsync
Suggests: zescrow-client
Filename: pool/main/e/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-utils_111-0ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 103300
MD5sum: 2659991ed2a66a602f627436decc1fe4
SHA1: 08b88bec78a4914d026c472c23d6e9724b20ba46
SHA256: d8ff73ad351fe4ebf19e4ca4dc26080811cbc65d4f19ec946f8ce3ab0481ec80
SHA512: f4f907b1c46ef5effa7a2773841eb2437f4834835cc49260f5e7aed364f91af0b06609b1c48b90bb849c48d96149df13f7dde2ca8000166f9b3d6312dd3b7ba5
Homepage: http://ecryptfs.org/
Description-en: ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (utilities)
eCryptfs is a POSIX-compliant enterprise-class stacked cryptographic filesystem
for Linux.
.
It provides advanced key management and policy features. eCryptfs stores
cryptographic metadata in the header of each file written, so that encrypted
files can be copied between hosts; the file will be decryptable with the proper
key, and there is no need to keep track of any additional information aside
from what is already in the encrypted file itself. Think of eCryptfs as a sort
of "gnupgfs".
.
eCryptfs is a native Linux filesystem. The kernel module component of eCryptfs
is part of the Linux kernel since 2.6.19.
.
This package contains the userland utilities.
Description-md5: 86edf09a53857e8032a0fe1204a813d9
Task: ubuntu-live, ubuntu-usb-live, kubuntu-live, edubuntu-live, edubuntu-usb-live, xubuntu-live, mythbuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-live, ubuntustudio-dvd-live, ubuntu-gnome-live, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live
Supported: 5y

Package: ecryptfs-utils
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Installed-Size: 564
Maintainer: Dustin Kirkland
Original-Maintainer: Daniel Baumann
Architecture: amd64
Version: 111-0ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libecryptfs1 (>= 104-0ubuntu1), libkeyutils1 (>= 1.4), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), gettext-base, keyutils, libnss3-1d, libpam-runtime (>= 1.0.1-6)
Recommends: cryptsetup, lsof, rsync
Suggests: zescrow-client
Filename: pool/main/e/ecryptfs-utils/ecryptfs-utils_111-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 105704
MD5sum: 08befb0a7ec6895e151247ba0cbfd925
SHA1: aebe5594be51d74b5072f496ed19b15d5b00dba6
SHA256: b282b7bc857bea52d991947635c06e51fe26efccac5f51f6d6184e0c090280fa
Description-en: ecryptfs cryptographic filesystem (utilities)
eCryptfs is a POSIX-compliant enterprise-class stacked cryptographic filesystem
for Linux.
.
It provides advanced key management and policy features. eCryptfs stores
cryptographic metadata in the header of each file written, so that encrypted
files can be copied between hosts; the file will be decryptable with the proper
key, and there is no need to keep track of any additional information aside
from what is already in the encrypted file itself. Think of eCryptfs as a sort
of "gnupgfs".
.
eCryptfs is a native Linux filesystem. The kernel module component of eCryptfs
is part of the Linux kernel since 2.6.19.
.
This package contains the userland utilities.
Description-md5: 86edf09a53857e8032a0fe1204a813d9
Homepage: http://ecryptfs.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-live, ubuntu-usb-live, kubuntu-live, edubuntu-live, edubuntu-usb-live, xubuntu-live, mythbuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-live, ubuntustudio-dvd-live, ubuntu-gnome-live, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live