Development on TrueCrypt has been halted and the last version of TrueCrypt (v7.2) does not allow creation of new volumes. VeraCrypt is a fork of TrueCrypt source code that offers updated encryption settings and a GUI that is the same as in TrueCrypt. This might be closest replacement of TrueCrypt, if you were looking for that.
- The Linux installation file can be downloaded from here. Installation is similar to TrueCrypt: you unzip and then install the script file using
sudo
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VeraCrypt volumes can be created and mounted just like in TrueCrypt.
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To mount your TrueCrypt volumes, click the TrueCrypt Mode checkbox in the dialog.
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To mount from shell:
veracrypt --password="my pass" --mount /path/to/volume.vc /media/veracrypt1
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To unmount from shell:
veracrypt --dismount /path/to/volume.vc
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To unmount all mounted volumes:
veracrypt --dismount
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When mounting a Truecrypt volume, use
--truecrypt
at the beginning.
Tried with: VeraCrypt 1.14 and Ubuntu 15.04