How to Install and Uninstall cryptsetup Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: July 03,2024

1. Install "cryptsetup" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install cryptsetup on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall cryptsetup on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: cryptsetup
Source: cryptsetup (2:2.6.1-6)
Version: 2:2.6.1-6+b1
Installed-Size: 410
Maintainer: Debian Cryptsetup Team
Architecture: amd64
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
Size: 212360
SHA256: 6bb179674f8ec7776d29692a320d35d11ba97e7033b78deb0912ae6e494c9b62
SHA1: db8d9ae92155ad2181edcc23dde00e4b3e59dca9
MD5sum: 3623bb9429e0d6f2f8ab8393714ee1b6
Description: disk encryption support - startup scripts
Cryptsetup provides an interface for configuring encryption on block
devices (such as /home or swap partitions), using the Linux kernel
device mapper target dm-crypt. It features integrated Linux Unified Key
Setup (LUKS) support.
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Cryptsetup is backwards compatible with the on-disk format of cryptoloop,
but also supports more secure formats. This package includes support for
automatically configuring encrypted devices at boot time via the config
file /etc/crypttab. Additional features are cryptoroot support through
initramfs-tools and several supported ways to read a passphrase or key.
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This package provides the cryptdisks_start and _stop wrappers, as well as
luksformat.
Description-md5:
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_2.6.1-6+b1_amd64.deb