Installing VeraCrypt on Ubuntu

VeraCrypt is a software for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted volume. On-the-fly encryption means that data is automatically encrypted right before it is saved and decrypted right after it is loaded, without any user intervention. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read without using the correct password/keyfile or correct encryption keys.

This is a short tutorial showing how to install VeraCrypt on Kubuntu 18.04 but works with almost all linux distro's.

First we download the tar package for linux from the official VeraCrypt website here.

Once the download has finished we need to verify the checksums. Head down below and click on the link for the checksums on the same page. I am using the SHA256 sums.

Now we copy the specific checksum for our download that is veracrypt-1.22-setup.tar.bz2 .

The default KDE file explorer Dolphin has a nice feature we will make use of to verify the checksum. When you right click on the tar package and head over to properties you will see a tab for checksums. Just paste the hash copied from the website here and if it's highlighted green then we are good to go.

If the file got corrupted in between or you copied the wrong hash then the hashes won't match and it'll get highlighted in red which means you need to check where you went wrong and repeat.

For those that do not use dolphin you can use your terminal to verify the file. Open your terminal. Head over to the downloads folder or the directory you downloaded to. List the files. Then enter the command as shown in the picture. If you see the red then you are good to go.