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Installing VeraCrypt on ARM
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Here's a quick summary of the steps I use to install VeraCrypt 1.21 command-line tools on the Raspberry Pi and other ARM-based distributions.

#. On some distributions, ``libwxbase`` must be installed::

    sudo apt -y install libwxbase3.0-0

#. Download the source tarball::

    wget https://launchpad.net/veracrypt/trunk/1.21/+download/veracrypt-1.21-raspbian-setup.tar.bz2

#. Decompress the tarball::

    bunzip2 veracrypt-1.21-raspbian-setup.tar.bz2

#. Extract the tarball contents::

    tar -xpvf veracrypt-1.21-raspbian-setup.tar

#. Verify the installer binary permissions include executable::

    % ls -l
    total 14312
    [...]
    -rw-r--r--  1 bob bob 7311360 Jul 16 13:37 veracrypt-1.21-raspbian-setup.tar
    -rwxr-xr-x  1 bob bob 2988876 Jul 16 13:32 veracrypt-1.21-setup-console-armv7
    -rwxr-xr-x  1 bob bob 4314513 Jul 16 13:32 veracrypt-1.21-setup-gui-armv7

#. Recent versions of VeraCrypt ship with the installer set to executable. If necessary, change installer binary permissions to include executable::

    chmod +x ./veracrypt-1.21-setup-console-armv7

#. Install the binary::

    ./veracrypt-1.21-setup-console-armv7

Accept the license agreement and enter your password at the ``sudo`` prompt to complete installation.

More on VeraCrypt `here <https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Home.html>`_.

Last edited on Aug 29, 2021. Last build on |today|.

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