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This guide will go through installing TrueCrypt encryption software from a terminal in order to install the command line version (in cases were desktop access is unavailable) and as a GUI for users that require a simple working interface.

Installing Command Line Version (from terminal)

Go to download page and download the “Mac OS X/Linux” version

http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads2

The required software for building TrueCrypt are listed below:

- GNU Make – GNU C++ Compiler 4.0 or compatible

- pkg-config

- FUSE library and header files (available at http://fuse.sourceforge.net and http://code.google.com/p/macfuse)

- RSA Security Inc. PKCS #11 Cryptographic Token Interface (Cryptoki) 2.20 header files (available at ftp://ftp.rsasecurity.com/pub/pkcs/pkcs-11/v2-20) located in a standard include path or in a directory defined by the environment variable ‘PKCS11_INC’.

Install them using the following:

apt-get install g++ pkg-config libfuse-dev libfuse2 fuse-utils

Make sure the fuse module is added to your kernel and that it is loaded every time your system starts. You can do that by editing the /etc/modules file and appending “fuse” (without quotes) to it. Finally, extract the tar.gz archive.

sudo modprobe fuse

sudo nano /etc/modules

OR

su echo fuse >> /etc/modules

tar xvf TrueCrypt\ 6.1a\ Source.tar.gz

cd truecrypt-6.1a-source/

make NOGUI=1 WXSTATIC=1

In case of a compile error which refers to missing file “pkcs11.h” you can download it manually using:

wget ftp://ftp.rsasecurity.com/pub/pkcs/pkcs-11/v2-20/pkcs11.h

wget ftp://ftp.rsasecurity.com/pub/pkcs/pkcs-11/v2-20/pkcs11f.h

wget ftp://ftp.rsasecurity.com/pub/pkcs/pkcs-11/v2-20/pkcs11t.h

Finally you can copy the executable to /usr/local/bin by:

cp Main/truecrypt /usr/local/bin/

Installing GUI Version

Installing the GUI version is extremely simple. Get/extract/execute the file using:

wget http://www.truecrypt.org/download/truecrypt-6.1a-ubuntu-x86.tar.gz

tar xvf truecrypt-6.1a-ubuntu-x86.tar.gz

./truecrypt-6.1a-setup-ubuntu-x86

or

wget http://www.truecrypt.org/download/truecrypt-6.1a-ubuntu-x64.tar.gz

tar xvf truecrypt-6.1a-ubuntu-x64.tar.gz

./truecrypt-6.1a-setup-ubuntu-x64