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

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "cryptsetup-initramfs" package

This tutorial shows how to install cryptsetup-initramfs on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall cryptsetup-initramfs on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: cryptsetup-initramfs
Source: cryptsetup
Version: 2:2.6.1-4~deb12u2
Installed-Size: 107
Maintainer: Debian Cryptsetup Team
Architecture: all
Replaces: cryptsetup (<< 2:2.0.3-1)
Depends: busybox | busybox-static, cryptsetup (>= 2:2.6.1-4~deb12u2), initramfs-tools (>= 0.137) | linux-initramfs-tool, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: console-setup, kbd
Conflicts: lvm2 (<< 2.03.15-1)
Breaks: cryptsetup (<< 2:2.0.3-1)
Description: disk encryption support - initramfs integration
Description-md5: cac39fb1e64bce69f201398c1e1e437a
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-initramfs_2.6.1-4~deb12u2_all.deb
Size: 35648
MD5sum: 0b9c2b3a3f9744266d6cc07c16514870
SHA256: 721c8c77529f71f806e467e6e5aed05d9e98f8b0439782574d728288a4a81e58