How to Install and Uninstall secure-delete Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "secure-delete" package

Learn how to install secure-delete on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 is a short guide on how to uninstall secure-delete on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: secure-delete
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 157
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Robert Lemmen
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.1-6ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/s/secure-delete/secure-delete_3.1-6ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 62682
MD5sum: 810e43e5b68352994d92a21fb7485da7
SHA1: fca20e1865231a5e7e29c7f20794c7d36778b7c1
SHA256: b6ad79ac47a8131b119cb27453daacdacbbab96fbeaea600ac7bdae86a7a0f6a
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: srm, sfill, sswap and sdmem.
Description-md5: f66cc5f8640ca20283123f28e0393d11
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu