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Installing VeraCrypt on my Pi 2B and can't seem to get past this error:

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cd veracrypt
pi@raspberrypi ~/veracrypt $ ls
veracrypt-1.0f-1-setup-console-raspberrypi_arm  veracrypt-1.0f-2-setup.tar.bz2
veracrypt-1.0f-1-setup-raspberrypi_arm.tar.bz2
pi@raspberrypi ~/veracrypt $ sudo apt-get install veracrypt-1.Of-1-setup-console-raspberrypi-arm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package veracrypt-1.Of-1-setup-console-raspberrypi-arm
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'veracrypt-1.Of-1-setup-console-raspberrypi-arm'
pi@raspberrypi ~/veracrypt $

I believe I have installed all dependencies and just don't know where to go from here. This distro is formatted for the hardfloat Jessie processors. Compiling has been suggested, but I run into errors there too and being new to Linux I'm shooting in the dark here. Should I consider using TrueCrypt or has anyone had success at installing VeraCrypt?

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  • Have you tried this ./veracrypt-1.0f-1-setup-console-raspberrypi_arm instead of apt-get install
    – Steve Robillard
    Apr 25, 2016 at 4:02
  • 1.Of vs 1.0f - see the difference?
    – Jaromanda X
    Apr 25, 2016 at 4:04
  • I see the difference, but try just running the extracted file. Why are you installing of not 0
    – Steve Robillard
    Apr 25, 2016 at 4:08
  • Thanks so much for your help. Us newbies really appreciate it! That seems to have installed it. But there is no GUI that I can see on my desktop. Only terminal. When I type /usr/bin/veracrypt in the terminal, I get a lot of this: Usage: veracrypt [--auto-mount <str>] [--backup-headers] [--background-task] [-C] [-c] [--create-keyfile] and a list of commands. Is it possible to get a GUI going?
    – GranDy
    Apr 25, 2016 at 14:54
  • The site I linked to in my answer includes how to use veracrypt from the command line. Which is the stuff you are seeing at the commandline. I could not find any evidence of GUI support for the Pi version of veracrypt.
    – Steve Robillard
    Apr 25, 2016 at 17:29

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Per the instructions here.

You should install with the following command:

./veracrypt-1.0f-1-setup-console-raspberrypi_arm

not apt-get as shown in your question.

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You can try following procedure to install VeraCrypt:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libfuse-dev makeself libwxbase3.0-0

cd ~
mkdir veracryptfiles
cd veracryptfiles
wget -L -O veracrypt-1.19-raspbian-setup.tar.bz2 https://launchpad.net/veracrypt/trunk/1.19/+download/veracrypt-1.19-raspbian-setup.tar.bz2
tar -vxjf ./veracrypt-1.19-raspbian-setup.tar.bz2
chmod +x veracrypt-1.19-setup-*

./veracrypt-1.19-setup-console-armv7

Based on:

https://jacekstyrylski.github.io/2017/04/02/Vera-Crypt-OSMC/

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    why are people down voting this? It works like a champ
    – Scott Wood
    Oct 16, 2017 at 17:34
  • @ScottWood it seems self promotion: raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/help/promotion and that has some basic rules to follow. I guess someone can ad it,
    – rene
    Oct 16, 2017 at 17:40
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    @rene if it works, who cares what it promotes?
    – Scott Wood
    Nov 14, 2017 at 17:52
  • @ScottWood it cares if the poster is affiliated with a business that makes money with spamming their product. There is enough spam posted daily on all sites across the network to be cautious when links are added. That is why I said to edit in the affiliation, specially because you think this has value.
    – rene
    Nov 14, 2017 at 18:03
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apt-get is a part of the Advanced Packaging Tool which is the Debian implementation of package handling. It is inherited to a lot of other Linux systems, including the well known Ubuntu, and the familiar Raspbian.

APT handles repositories - that is, lists of from where software can be downloaded - and sorts out dependencies. APT front ends dpkg, that handles the actual package installation.

The most common case for software installation on Linux is that the software you are requiring is already in a repository. The installation is as simple as

apt-get install <package>

However, some software has not made it into the repositories (yet), but are packaged. Then you will most probably download a package, with a file ending of .deb. Use dpkg to install it.

dpkg --install <package>.deb

Other times, like in this case, you really need software that the manufacturer has not packaged, for some reason. Then you might choose to download a source package, that will contain build instructions, or, as in this case, a custom installer, that you can execute.

All this being said, venturing out of the topic of the original question and on a more personal note, I, for one, would not trust security software that asks me to execute a binary for which I cannot see the source. I would rather use for example gpg with Kgpg or Seahorse.

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