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How to install truecrypt on ubuntu

Trucrypt can create an encrypted volume and a hidden volume within a file. Files can be copied to and from a mounted TrueCrypt volume just like they are copied to/from any normal disk.

Install from a ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-astrapi/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install truecrypt

To remove it

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:michael-astrapi/ppa

Or install from file

Download x86 version

wget http://www.truecrypt.org/download/truecrypt-7.1a-linux-x86.tar.gz

Download x64 version

wget http://www.truecrypt.org/download/truecrypt-7.1a-linux-x64.tar.gz

Extract the file truecrypt-7.1a-linux-x86.tar.gz or truecrypt-7.1a-linux-x64.tar.gz in the same directory

tar xzvf truecrypt*.tar.gz

To install trucrypt x86

./truecrypt-7.1a-setup-x86

To install trucrypt x64

./truecrypt-7.1a-setup-x64

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