Install Veracrypt in Fedora Silverblue & Kinoite
Download Generic Installer *tar.bz2 from source.
Extract it. example
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tar -xf veracrypt-1.25.9-setup.tar.bz2 -C ~/Downloads/veracrypt
Look for *gtk-gui-x64 file and run it.
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./veracrypt-1.25.9-setup-gtk3-gui-x64
Click on Extract .tar Package File. Agree license. This will extract files in /tmp folder.
Look for veracrypt*.tar.gz file in /tmp.
Extract it.
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tar -xvzf veracrypt_1.25.9_amd64.tar.gz -C ~/Downloads/
Look for /usr folder from extracted files.
copy /usr/bin/veracrypt and /usr/sbin/mount.veracrypt to ~/.local/bin.
And /usr/share/applications to ~/.local/share/applications.
/usr/share/pixmapsto ~/.local/share/pixmaps.
veracrypt.desktop file should look like this.
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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=VeraCrypt
GenericName=VeraCrypt volume manager
Comment=Create and mount VeraCrypt encrypted volumes
Icon=veracrypt
Exec=veracrypt %f
Categories=Security;Utility;Filesystem
Keywords=encryption,filesystem
Terminal=false
MimeType=application/x-veracrypt-volume;application/x-truecrypt-volume;
If you want console version.
Then run the console setup from Terminal. It will extract veracrypt*.tar.gz in /tmp.
Extract again and inside you find bin and sbin folder.
Copy veracrypt and mount.veracrypt from /usr/bin/veracrypt and /usr/sbin/mount.veracrypt and put both file in ~/.local/bin. Now restart.
start with “veracrypt –help”
This just installed veracrypt terminal edition. If you want the gui. You have to follow the same step but extract the gtk edition. non-gtk edition has some library missing issue.