How to Install and Uninstall cryptsetup Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 23,2025

You can also install and uninstall the cryptsetup on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "cryptsetup" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install cryptsetup on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cryptsetup
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cryptsetup" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall cryptsetup on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cryptsetup package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cryptsetup
Version: 2:2.6.1-4~deb12u2
Installed-Size: 410
Maintainer: Debian Cryptsetup Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: cryptsetup-run (<< 2:2.1.0-6)
Depends: cryptsetup-bin (>= 2:1.6.0), dmsetup, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: cryptsetup-initramfs, dosfstools, keyutils, liblocale-gettext-perl
Breaks: cryptsetup-run (<< 2:2.1.0-6)
Description: disk encryption support - startup scripts
Description-md5: 109c1fbecc9a2c070cf7023e889b3839
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup
Tag: admin::boot, admin::filesystem, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
security::cryptography, security::privacy, use::configuring
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup/cryptsetup_2.6.1-4~deb12u2_amd64.deb
Size: 212844
MD5sum: 0f99bfe47166e9c0039b93de78192a1c
SHA256: bef82c749c2f03d1f8c51d51090074b87d06852874dd35b3a237cd889bce0371