How to Install and Uninstall libcryptsetup12 Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "libcryptsetup12" package

This tutorial shows how to install libcryptsetup12 on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libcryptsetup12
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libcryptsetup12" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libcryptsetup12 on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcryptsetup12
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcryptsetup12 package on Kali Linux

Package: libcryptsetup12
Source: cryptsetup (2:2.6.1-6)
Version: 2:2.6.1-6+b1
Installed-Size: 568
Maintainer: Debian Cryptsetup Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libargon2-1 (>= 0~20171227), libblkid1 (>= 2.24.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.97), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Size: 224008
SHA256: ba023ff2d9333a57bd6bae597be0038d4282c2a3be487755d167fe3f21ceea6c
SHA1: 1bcc9aa39d8dfbbfa561497441c7dc2da3a6bf8b
MD5sum: ce526e0d92229ddbd73efbae2116cdc5
Description: disk encryption support - shared library
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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This package provides the libcryptsetup shared library.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup/libcryptsetup12_2.6.1-6+b1_amd64.deb