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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.

Decrypt.png

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:

Decrypt2.png

Try 2

  • Selected ose-veracrypt on the usb stick, whereas before I selected ose-veracrypt on desktop

Decrypt3.png

  • Also selected VeraCrypt instead of TrueCrypt etc, and bingo:

Decrypt4.png

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