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

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "wipe" package

This guide let you learn how to install wipe on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall wipe on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: wipe
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 125
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Forensics
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.22-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/universe/w/wipe/wipe_0.22-3_amd64.deb
Size: 41780
MD5sum: 8144b7b95bb678022c30f9d0f260f1b4
SHA1: 5148afdf88bc4ca20f14d6b9aa764a934d5c7151
SHA256: 3b26574de93d8e72e547841b641ddd6511d67ca9827a137b56e824bc2b67f98f
Description-en: secure file deletion
Recovery of supposedly erased data from magnetic media is easier than what many
people would like to believe. A technique called Magnetic Force Microscopy
(MFM) allows any moderately funded opponent to recover the last two or three
layers of data written to disk. Wipe repeatedly writes special patterns to the
files to be destroyed, using the fsync() call and/or the O_SYNC bit to force
disk access.
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This program is useful in anti-forensics and security activities.
Description-md5: 3ec1a6ee41962ddab3b00810bbd0d2b5
Homepage: http://lambda-diode.com/software/wipe
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu