How to Install VeraCrypt on Ubuntu 16.04
To Install VeraCrypt on Ubuntu 16.04
VeraCrypt is free, open-source disk encryption software that is forked from TrueCrypt, which became defunct since May 2014. VeraCrypt is available for Linux, Mac OS, Windows, DragonFly BSD and Android. There’ re many reasons to use a disk encryption software like VeraCrypt. For instance, if you use cloud storage, you may want to encrypt your files before uploading them to ensure only you can see your files.
In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install VeraCrypt on Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 16.10.
Installing VeraCrypt:
First, make sure you update the system repository by making use of the following command.
root@localhost:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]
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Fetched 4,595 kB in 14s (314 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
And then, you need to add the repository in the following manner.
root@localhost:~# add-apt-repository ppa:unit193/encryption
https://www.veracrypt.fr/
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gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK
You shall now install the Veracrypt application by making use of the following command.
root@localhost:~# wget https://launchpadlibrarian.net/289850375/veracrypt-1.19-setup.tar.bz2
--2018-02-06 09:12:09-- https://launchpadlibrarian.net/289850375/veracrypt-1.19-setup.tar.bz2
Resolving launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)... 91.189.89.229, 91.189.89.228
Connecting to launchpadlibrarian.net (launchpadlibrarian.net)|91.189.89.229|:443... connected.
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veracrypt-1.19-setup.tar.bz2.1 100%[=====================================================> ] 16.33M 630KB/s in 59s
2018-02-06 09:13:10 (284 KB/s) - ‘ veracrypt-1.19-setup.tar.bz2.1’ saved [17120742/17120742]
You can now view the downloaded file by making use of the following command.
root@localhost:~# ls
veracrypt-1.19-setup.tar.bz2
And then, extract the file.
root@localhost:~# tar -xjvf veracrypt-1.19-setup.tar.bz2
veracrypt-1.19-setup-console-x64
veracrypt-1.19-setup-console-x86
veracrypt-1.19-setup-gui-x64
veracrypt-1.19-setup-gui-x86
After that, you need to execute the file, it will install the application.
root@localhost:~# ./veracrypt-1.19-setup-gui-x64
Verifying archive integrity... 100% All good.
Uncompressing VeraCrypt 1.19 Installer 100%
You shall now open Veracrypt.
root@localhost:~# veracrypt
With this, the tutorial on installation of VeraCrypt on Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu 16.10 comes to an end.
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