Installing TrueCrypt in Linux

Installing TrueCrypt in Linux

Lets begin our installation process of TrueCrypt one of the most trusted open source encryption tool for several platforms

first you have to download the source file from truecrypt official site www.truecrypt.org

then compile it after extracking using above tar command in terminal.

then use $make;make install commands to finish the installation.

Another way of doing this is
type following command in terminal

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-astrapi/ppa

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install truecrypt

And to remove it:

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge

sudo ppa-purge ppa:michael-astrapi/ppa

Although if you visit the official site of true crypt now it will show you a warning that its not secure anymore due to some security issues but if u are not facing any active security threads its good to go.

but if you guys want to go a step ahead then you have many alternative options of truecrypt
as fallows
Gnu PG - www.gnupg.org
AES Crypt - www.aescrypt.com

Box Cryptor - www.boxcryptor.com

get more list here - http://alternativeto.net/software/boxcryptor/