How to Install and Uninstall libgfshare2 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "libgfshare2" package

This is a short guide on how to install libgfshare2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgfshare2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgfshare2" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libgfshare2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libgfshare2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgfshare2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libgfshare2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 29
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Simon McVittie
Architecture: amd64
Source: libgfshare
Version: 2.0.0-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: libgfshare-bin
Filename: pool/universe/libg/libgfshare/libgfshare2_2.0.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 8024
MD5sum: acb9c2ba65a16cd8aecd9335cf63d1a0
SHA1: aae2e86aca3ed08b9e827be2abe5f12ba6797a5e
SHA256: 8079445bf238bb8b837a17d11e9a68a0fc7c9b01b35c722884eabf9cb4ed3b48
Description-en: library for multi-way secret-sharing
This library implements Shamir's method for secret sharing, which can be
used to split a secret (like a GPG secret key) into multiple parts, so that
at least some number of those parts are needed to recover the original file,
but any smaller combination of parts is useless to an attacker.
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For instance, you might split a GPG key using a 3-of-5 share and put one
share on each of three computers, and two shares on a USB memory stick; then
you can use the GPG key on any of those three computers using the memory
stick, but if the memory stick is lost, you can recover the key by
bringing the three computers together.
Description-md5: 628936da63d395d26fd63f046c01caea
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.digital-scurf.org/software/libgfshare
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu