How To Install sirikali 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 sirikali on Ubuntu.

What is sirikali

sirikali is:

Sirikali provides a Qt/C++ GUI front end to cryfs,gocryptfs,securefs and encfs, allowing the user to create, mount, and unmount encrypted volumes.

There are three methods to install sirikali 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 sirikali Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install sirikali using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sirikali

Install sirikali Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sirikali using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sirikali

Install sirikali 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 sirikali using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sirikali

How To Uninstall sirikali on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the sirikali package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sirikali

Uninstall sirikali And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sirikali and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sirikali

Remove sirikali Configurations and Data

To remove sirikali configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sirikali

Remove sirikali configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sirikali configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sirikali

Dependencies

sirikali have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libgcrypt20
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5dbus5
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5network5
• libqt5widgets5
• libsecret-1-0
• libstdc++6

References

• sirikali website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sirikali package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.