TrueCrypt

Notice aug 2014 - TrueCrypt is no longer supported

Truecrypt 7.1a is the final working version, truecrypt is no longer supported as stated by the developers.

Maybe LUKS will be an good replacement:

• http://thelinuxexperiment.com/how-to-migrate-from-truecrypt-to-luks-file-containers/

Install

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:michael-astrapi/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install truecrypt
sudo apt-get install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:michael-astrapi/ppa

Command line

Mount TrueCrypt container file:

sudo mkdir /media/TruecryptDrive
sudo truecrypt --slot=1 -k /path/to/KeyFileFolder -p **password** /path/to/TruecryptContainerFile.tc /media/TruecryptDrive

See also

• Ubuntu 11.04 64 bit hangs at shutdown#Unmount_TrueCrypt_volumes_at_reboot_and_shutdown
• Unity_desktop_tuning#TrueCrypt
• Bitlocker with Dislocker on Linux
• VeraCrypt