How To Install securefs 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 securefs on Ubuntu.
What is securefs
securefs is:
securefs mounts a regular directory onto a mount point. The mount point appears as a regular filesystem, where one can read/write/create files, directories and symbolic links. The underlying directory will be automatically updated to contain the encrypted and authenticated contents.
There are three methods to install securefs 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 securefs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install securefs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install securefs
Install securefs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install securefs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install securefs
Install securefs 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 securefs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install securefs
How To Uninstall securefs on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the securefs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove securefs
Uninstall securefs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall securefs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove securefs
Remove securefs Configurations and Data
To remove securefs configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge securefs
Remove securefs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove securefs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge securefs
Dependencies
securefs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install securefs package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.