How To Install cryfs on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryfs on Ubuntu.
What is cryfs
cryfs is:
CryFS encrypts your files, so you can safely store them anywhere. It works well together with cloud services like Dropbox, iCloud, OneDrive and others.
There are three methods to install cryfs on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cryfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cryfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cryfs
Install cryfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cryfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cryfs
Install cryfs Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cryfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cryfs
How To Uninstall cryfs on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the cryfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cryfs
Uninstall cryfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cryfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cryfs
Remove cryfs Configurations and Data
To remove cryfs configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cryfs
Remove cryfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cryfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cryfs
Dependencies
cryfs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryfs package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.