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

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "cryptsetup-bin" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install cryptsetup-bin on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "cryptsetup-bin" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall cryptsetup-bin 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-bin package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cryptsetup-bin
Source: cryptsetup
Version: 2:2.6.1-4~deb12u2
Installed-Size: 2328
Maintainer: Debian Cryptsetup Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libblkid1 (>= 2.24.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcryptsetup12 (>= 2:2.6), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Description: disk encryption support - command line tools
Description-md5: f246d77fd4a53179a8cc7416283d0181
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-bin_2.6.1-4~deb12u2_amd64.deb
Size: 473680
MD5sum: e2588b84c80881a202cfeba3173a2a00
SHA256: ac25a10b8c7a5fbd4ffe64a830edd24a7e04b3416914bbb096c21e92e15a65d2