installing veracrypt on kubuntu 24.04 LTS

[Watermann]

Did some research before posting this thread but could not find a reliable(=up to date) step by step procedure.
I hope somebody can provide these steps or can point me to some website having those step-by-step instructions.

[die.boer]

Did some research before posting this thread but could not find a reliable(=up to date) step by step procedure.
I hope somebody can provide these steps or can point me to some website having those step-by-step instructions.

found this site...
is it up to date / reliable enough for you ?
https://docs.vultr.com/how-to-instal...n-ubuntu-24-04

[Watermann]

found this site...
is it up to date / reliable enough for you ?
https://docs.vultr.com/how-to-instal...n-ubuntu-24-04

Thanks die.boer! On some other site I discovered something similar and then I got stuck on:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:unit193/encryption -y​

Why? Because after hitting the enter key, then waiting for a very, very long time, there was no response.
In the end (I thought after waiting some 20 minutes or so), I killed that install attempt.
What could be the case?

[Snowhog]

What could be the case?

I would remove the -y.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:unit193/encryption
sudo apt update

[die.boer]

Thanks die.boer! On some other site I discovered something similar and then I got stuck on:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:unit193/encryption -y​

Why? Because after hitting the enter key, then waiting for a very, very long time, there was no response.
In the end (I thought after waiting some 20 minutes or so), I killed that install attempt.
What could be the case?

it shouldn't pause there,obviously. It could be for a couple of reasons...
try another option : download the .deb file straight from VeraCrypt site
then install with

sudo apt install ./veracrypt-*.deb

see if that works

[claydoh]

it shouldn't pause there,obviously. It could be for a couple of reasons...
try another option : download the .deb file straight from VeraCrypt site
then install with

Or download the deb and double-click it, or right-click it and Open With >> Discover.

There are always a half dozen ways to do things

[die.boer]

Or download the deb and double-click it, or right-click it and Open With >> Discover

yea or that lol
i keep forgetting Discover do that , still getting somewhat familiar with KDE
i'm used to do stuff in terminal

[Watermann]

For some reason I cannot get to their site. It:
- simply displays nothing or when I get to Launchpad.net
- it displays
"Lost something?" "this page does not exist, or you may not have permission to see it."

Update1:

Simply visited the veracrypt download part of their site but I am confused which version I need to download.
Can somebody help me out here please?

Update2:

Downloaded this one:

veracrypt-1.26.24-Ubuntu-24.04-arm64.deb

is this the correct one?

[die.boer]

No ,it should be the amd one.
that link i gave should take you straight to your filemanager and can just save

[Watermann]

No ,it should be the amd one.
that link i gave should take you straight to your filemanager and can just save

Sorry I made a typo error .
you gave the command line

sudo apt install ./veracrypt-*.deb

Am I interpreting this correctly: Navigating to the folder where the veracrypt file is and then execute:

sudo apt install veracrypt-*.deb

[skyfishgoo]

i just right click on the download and choose "install" from the context menu.

if all the dependencies are met, it will install.

[Watermann]

i just right click on the download and choose "install" from the context menu.

if all the dependencies are met, it will install.

"if all the dependencies are met" and that is just the problem: it isn't....
This, apart from the fact that, when right clicking , there is no such thing as "install"

[die.boer]

how do you know the dependancies are not met? what did you do to see that ?
i assume you saved the .deb file to Downloads ?
then just run this in terminal :

cd ~/Downloads
sudo apt install ./veracrypt-*.deb​

Post any error or whatever messages you get from terminal , if any.

[skyfishgoo]

when right clicking , there is no such thing as "install"

then you must be missing the package

qapt-deb-installer

it shows up in the context menu as the default program when you right click on a .deb file and should just run if you double click on the .deb.

this is the window you get if the dependencies are not met

[claydoh]

it shows up in the context menu as the default program when you right click on a .deb file and should just run if you double click on the .deb.

this is the window you get if the dependencies are not met

No, unfortunately this is a well known bug in qapt, which had been bitrotting for a while, and isn't used on later Kubuntu releases.

This, apart from the fact that, when right clicking , there is no such thing as "install"

Right-click and use "Open With.." and select Discover. Using apt on the command line is potentially better here as it would provide more thorough messaging if there is a problem.