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

Last updated: May 20,2024

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

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1. Install "cryptsetup-nuke-password" package

This is a short guide on how to install cryptsetup-nuke-password on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cryptsetup-nuke-password
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cryptsetup-nuke-password" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall cryptsetup-nuke-password 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-nuke-password package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cryptsetup-nuke-password
Version: 4
Installed-Size: 56
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Architecture: amd64
Depends: cryptsetup-bin, libc6 (>= 2.25), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Enhances: cryptsetup-initramfs
Description: Erase the LUKS keys with a special password on the unlock prompt
Description-md5: a959ec3ab0770fcdd94b9cdcc0791160
Homepage: https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-security-team/cryptsetup-nuke-password
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup-nuke-password/cryptsetup-nuke-password_4_amd64.deb
Size: 12272
MD5sum: 0e0ecee609d5cef362e3540ccd6ebdc4
SHA256: 7609948f9e3a1c30c5a3a526b6d2034e60aa379d7fab927b87ef6572fc54e42d