On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 04:52:25PM +0000, Russell Gadd wrote: > I would like to install Truecrypt on Debian Etch. According to recent > posts I have read (see below) there are problems with the new version 5 > which means I would like to install version 4.3a. which I am sure will > do all I need. However Debian is not one of their supported distros. > > First problem is I can't find the source to 4.3 on their website. They > have a section for downloading previous versions, but the source doesn't > seem to be there. There is a Ubuntu deb package which appears to be a > compiled version. > > Alternatively is anyone using version 5 happily without suffering > negative experience as mentioned in some places, e.g. Truecrypt 5.1 - > How I loathe thee <http://forums.truecrypt.org/viewtopic.php?t=10025> > One user suggests he will return in a year's time. I don't want to wait > that long for a usable version. > > I found a guide to installing v5 on Etch here > http://forums.truecrypt.org/viewtopic.php?p=40855#40855 > but haven't found a guide for v4.3 (probably because my search produced > too many hits for me to wade through). I have 4.3 installed, there is a link http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/506
the truecrypt web site don't have old version of the linux package for
some reason.
There has been a few comments about 5.x, and the fact that you need a
gui interface, seems like they have made 5.1a with a non gui switch but
it also seems like the command line interface is not that good.
I am about to embark on an attempting to get 4.3a to compile against
2.6.24.
The process for installing truecrypt, with the above install is to make
a deb from the truecrypt src. The bin's need to be compiled agains the
linux source tree (not just the headers).
If you want contact me off the mailing list and I will forward the 4.3a
sources to you. They (truecrypt) don't want people to distribute it.
Alex
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