There is work ongoing to package ecryptfs for ubuntu. It is tracked by this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/114426 To see the current state of affairs, follow the bugtrail or see the package online at: http://codebrowse.launchpad.net/~xxxxx1/+junk/ecryptfs-utils/changes -- Gruesse/greetings, Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4