There are two types of VeraCrypt Volumes įile-hosted volume is a normal file that can be stored on any storage device. The numbered slots, 1, 2… are used by VeraCrypt to manage encrypted devices. To launch the VeraCrypt GUI, press the Super Key to launch activities search bar and type veracrypt.
#HOW TO USE VERACRYPT TO ENCRYPT A FILE HOW TO#
In this guide, we are going to learn how to use the GUI method of VeraCrypt to encrypt devices/files. Use VeraCrypt to Encrypt Drives on Ubuntu 18.04 You are now ready to encrypt your drives/files using VeraCrypt. You can verify that VeraCrypt is installed and indeed is in your PATH. Usr/share/veracrypt/doc/HTML/VeraCrypt128x128.png Usr/share/veracrypt/doc/HTML/VeraCrypt Rescue Disk.html
#HOW TO USE VERACRYPT TO ENCRYPT A FILE INSTALL#
Once you press Enter, the installer will run and install VeraCrypt. Press Enter to display the license terms.ĭo you accept and agree to be bound by the license terms? (yes/no): Yes. To select, enter 1 or 2: 1 << Press 1 to Launch VeraCrypt installationīefore you can use, extract, or install VeraCrypt, you must accept the veracrypt-1.23-setup-console-圆4 VeraCrypt 1.23 Setupġ) Install veracrypt_1.23_console_Ģ) Extract package file veracrypt_1.23_console_ and place it to /tmp Therefore, in the current working directory, run the installer script as shown below sudo. In this case, I am going to use the console based installer for x86_64 system. There are two types of installers, GUI based and the console based Installers for both x86 and x86_64 systems. This will extrct the VeraCrypt setup scripts in the current working directory. Once the download is complete, extract the VeraCrypt tarball, navigate to the source code extract directory and run the VeraCrypt installer. Download the installer tarball by running the command below. VeraCrypt has its Linux installer scripts on its official website. sudo apt install veracrypt Install via VeraCrypt Installer Scripts
Once the update is done, run the command below to install VeraCrypt. Note that this repository is not related to VeraCrypt even though Unit 193 is Xubuntu developer and he is a great contributor to open source community sudo add-apt-repository ppa:unit193/encryption Therefore, to install it using the package manger, you have to add the PPA repositories.Īdd PPA repos using the command below. VeraCrypt is not available on the default Ubuntu repositories. There are two ways in which VeraCrypt can be installed on Ubuntu 18.04 Installing via Ubuntu PPA repos You can also check our previous article on how to Encrypt Files and Folders with eCryptFS on Ubuntu 18.04. You can read more about VeraCrypt in its Documentation page.
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