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TrueCrypt was abandoned and forked to become VeraCrypt. | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueCrypt TrueCrypt] was abandoned and forked to become [[VeraCrypt]]. | ||
The main VeraCrypt app has licensing issues and therefore isn't available directly in the Debian repos. | The main VeraCrypt app has licensing issues and therefore isn't available directly in the Debian repos. | ||
Revision as of 20:37, 11 April 2025
Zulucrypt allows you to open and create encrypted files and drives [1].
Why?
TrueCrypt was abandoned and forked to become VeraCrypt.
The main VeraCrypt app has licensing issues and therefore isn't available directly in the Debian repos.
You *can* mount a VeraCrypt volume on linux using zuluCrypt, which is licensed openly and available in the Debian repos
How
You can access a VeraCrypt volume using zulucrypt.
This guide assumes you're using a Debian-based system (with apt).
Install
sudo apt-get install zulucrypt-gui zuluCrypt-gui
Open a File - Try 1
Open-> Volume hosted in a file -> filepath and select file.
After you select the file, such as ose-veracrypt, it will ask you for a password.
I typed in my strong password (selected the password option),and got:
Try 2
- Selected ose-veracrypt on the usb stick, whereas before I selected ose-veracrypt on desktop
- Also selected VeraCrypt instead of TrueCrypt etc, and bingo:
