How to Install and Uninstall cryptsetup Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "cryptsetup" package

This is a short guide on how to install cryptsetup on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall cryptsetup on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cryptsetup
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cryptsetup package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: cryptsetup
Version: 2:2.3.7-1+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 412
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 (>= 2.15)
Recommends: cryptsetup-initramfs, cryptsetup-run
Suggests: dosfstools, keyutils, liblocale-gettext-perl
Breaks: cryptsetup-run (<< 2:2.1.0-6)
Description: disk encryption support - startup scripts
Description-md5: 8b31e9d1472acf1abfced8af08a00f11
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_2.3.7-1+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 227808
MD5sum: 171df1d193fbcbc78e3ba4cba4e0a74b
SHA256: 6da1e5ddcdb5608f817dae531016edb22d7d086d00e35e509083eeebb737653f