How to Install nwipe software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install nwipe software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

nwipe software package provides Utility to securely erase disks, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install nwipe 

nwipe is installed in your system.

Make ensure the nwipe package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep nwipe *

You will get with nwipe package name, version, architecture and description in a table

nwipe package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package nwipe
Version 0.14-1
Description Utility to securely erase disks
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove nwipe software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?