How to Install Shield on Elementary OS Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Shield on Elementary OS Latest. Shield is an open-source utility for creating and managing encrypted backups. It encrypts your sensitive data and backs it up to various cloud-storage providers.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure you have the following:

  • Elementary OS Latest installed on your computer.
  • A sudo user account to perform the installation.
  • Access to the terminal.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Shield requires some dependencies to be installed on your system. To install them, run the following command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y wget gnupg2

Step 2: Download and Install Shield

  1. Download and add the Shield package signing key by running the following command:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 379CE192D401AB61
  1. Add the Shield repository to your system using the following command:
echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/starkandwayne/debian /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/starkandwayne.list
  1. Update your system's package list by running:
sudo apt-get update
  1. Finally, install Shield using the following command:
sudo apt-get install shield

Step 3: Verify the Installation

Once Shield is installed, you can verify the installation by running the following command:

shield version

This should display the current installed version of Shield.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Shield on your Elementary OS Latest system. You can now use Shield to encrypt and back up your sensitive data to the cloud.