{"id":86,"date":"2010-04-07T04:36:43","date_gmt":"2010-04-07T03:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/?p=86"},"modified":"2011-06-26T03:17:14","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T02:17:14","slug":"installing-truecrypt-on-ubuntu-8-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/computing\/installing-truecrypt-on-ubuntu-8-10","title":{"rendered":"Installing TrueCrypt on Ubuntu 8.10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate (http:\/\/www.seodesignsolutions.com\/wordpress-seo\/) - Code Inserter module -->\n<!-- SEO Ultimate before item content-->\r\n<!-- #SEO Ultimate before item content-->\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate -->\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot3.png\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Downloads.png\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot3.png\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Desktop-File-Browser.png\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Desktop-File-Browser.png\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot3-e1270591803374.png\"><\/a>Still being an\u00a0Ubuntu newbie and learning, today I was looking \u00a0for instructions to install the latest version of truecrypt.\u00a0 http:\/\/www.truecrypt.org\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I mentioned in my previous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/?p=58\" target=\"_self\">blogpost <\/a>that I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on my Dell Mini 9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is a guide for beginners such as myself so please forgive me for being long-winded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In order to install truecrypt, you will need:\u00a0\u00a0<!--more-->\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>to have admin right (i.e. you have permission to install software) to the Ubuntu PC, and<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>to find out whether your Ubuntu is 32 bit or 64 bit. (thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/ubuntuforums.org\/showthread.php?t=798907\" target=\"_blank\">this post here<\/a>.) You can do this by using the terminal\u00a0 (Application&gt;Accessories&gt;Terminal), once you get the command prompt, you type:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>uname -m\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_87\" style=\"width: 419px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/screenshot1.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87\" title=\"screenshot1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/screenshot1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/screenshot1.png 409w, http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/screenshot1-300x144.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-87\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terminal Screenshot<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If your computer returns i686 (see above) then your Ubuntu is 32 bit.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If your computer returns x86-64 then your Ubuntu is 64 bit.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once you have ascertained the above, then goto <a title=\"TrueCrype Download\" href=\"http:\/\/www.truecrypt.org\/downloads\" target=\"_blank\">truecrypt download<\/a> site. The linux version is near the bottom of the download page.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_89\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 585px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/screenshot2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89\" style=\"border: black 1px solid;\" title=\"screenshot2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/screenshot2.jpg\" alt=\"TrueCrype Download - Linux\" width=\"575\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/screenshot2.jpg 575w, http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/screenshot2-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">TrueCrypt Download &#8211; Linux version<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>Select the correct version that matches your version of Ubuntu\u00a0(Standard &#8211; not Console). In my example I chose the 32 bit version.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot3-e1270591803374.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: black 1px solid;\" title=\"Screenshot3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot3-e1270591803374.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"410\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Press the &#8220;<strong>Download<\/strong>&#8221; button\u00a0and save it to a location on your hard disk that you can find it. (I usually save it on the Desktop)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Downloads.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Screenshot-Downloads\" src=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Downloads-300x185.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When the\u00a0downloaded is completed, you can <strong>right click<\/strong> on the truecrypt \u00a0tar .gz file., and select &#8220;<strong>Open the Containing Folder<\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Downloads-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-104\" title=\"Screenshot-Downloads-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Downloads-1-300x185.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Downloads-1-300x185.png 300w, http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Downloads-1.png 485w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The file browser will open up and you should see the downloaded file ending tar.gz.\u00a0 What you have downloaded is like a zip file which is compressed, and you need to extract it by right click once on the tar.gz file and select &#8220;<strong>Extract Here<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Desktop-File-Browser.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Screenshot-Desktop - File Browser\" src=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Desktop-File-Browser.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"359\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once extracted, you should ended up with the installation file next to the tar.gz that looks like below.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Desktop-File-Browser-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-111\" title=\"Screenshot-Desktop - File Browser-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Desktop-File-Browser-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"527\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Desktop-File-Browser-1.png 527w, http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Desktop-File-Browser-1-300x205.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Double click on the <strong>setup<\/strong> file to begin the installation.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Untitled-Window.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-106\" title=\"Confirmation - Setup\" src=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Untitled-Window-300x87.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"87\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Untitled-Window-300x87.png 300w, http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Screenshot-Untitled-Window.png 502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Press &#8220;<strong>Run<\/strong>&#8221; to proceed with the installation. You will later\u00a0be asked for admin password, and then just go through the installation. A command window will pop up and show you the progress of the installation, and it should complete in less than 10 seconds.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If all goes well during the install, you can then find the truecrypt program in Accessories. Just fire this up and you can then mount your truecrypt partition on your USB thumbdrives, or to create a truecrypt partition on your host drive.<\/p>\n<p>(I use truecrypt in windows and now I can access my files in both\u00a0Ubuntu and Windows securely!)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- SEO Ultimate (http:\/\/www.seodesignsolutions.com\/wordpress-seo\/) - Code Inserter module -->\n<!-- SEO Ultimate after item content-->\r\n<!-- #SEO Ultimate after item content-->\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate -->\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still being an\u00a0Ubuntu newbie and learning, today I was looking \u00a0for instructions to install the latest version of truecrypt.\u00a0 http:\/\/www.truecrypt.org\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I mentioned in my previous blogpost that I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on my Dell Mini 9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This is a guide for beginners such as myself so please forgive me for being long-winded.\u00a0 In order to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3,6,14,270,13],"tags":[272,243,273,31,32,30,338],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.penguino.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}