VeraCrypt not working on Ubuntu
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Hello,
I have created encrypted container in Windows 10, and learned to use VeraCrypt, everythings looks stable.
Now I want to use Ubuntu and VC is the only reason why I still have windows installed.
Heres my problem:
I'm not gonna talk how I'm unable to Ubuntu-mount my existing containers that were created in Windows, yet.
I installed VC on Ubuntu.
I run in terminal "sudo veracrypt"
I choose Create Volume, next, next, next.
I can enter filename that doesn't exist or select existing file to make and archive, this makes no difference.
I choose filesystem FAT.
Archive created.
I try to mount archive, I get error
"No such file or directory:
dmsetup
VeraCrypt::Process::Execute:108"
Ok but if I choose NTFS filesystem.
I choose NTFS.
I choose that I will use this archive on different platforms, not just Linux. (But it same if I choose that I will mount it only from Linux.)
When I reach step where you need to move mouse and then click "Format", I can see progress bar growing, but in the end I get error message
"No such file or directory:
dmsetup
VeraCrypt::Process::Execute:108"
Any suggestions?
I think we could start with a thorough guide on how to install VC on Ubuntu, because mabe I did some mistake? Or even how to uninstall it now and then install.
Then how to use it?
I'm sure there are people using it on Linux, but I seem to have problems, and I really want to ger rid of Windows.
As the error message denotes, you seem to be missing the application 'dmsetup', which would be strange as that's even in the minimal install of Ubuntu. You should ensure that the 'dmsetup' and 'kmod' packages are installed, and you may wish to also have 'xdg-utils', 'ntfs-3g', and 'exfat-utils' depending on if you ever plan on using those filesystems instead, and 'xdg-utils' is for opening the file manager.
I uninstalled that VC I had. It was manually installed from package downloaded from VC webpage.
I installed VC via command line, as explained here: https://askubuntu.com/questions/929195/recommended-way-to-use-veracrypt-in-ubuntu
and now it works beautifully. I think something went wrong when I manually installed it.
But its sad that there is no installation guide in VC website, and thats it's not confirmed in their website that given repository can be trusted.
Yes, I had considered recommending that PPA for your use, but that seemed a bit like advertising and perhaps not ideal for everyone since it's provided by a third party.
Glad you got everything working!
Is there any way we can tell VC creators to add installation guides? And to add official command-line installation? I sort of figured that out, but there may be others like me.