How to Install and Uninstall cryptsetup Package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Last updated: December 18,2024

1. Install "cryptsetup" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install cryptsetup on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "cryptsetup" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall cryptsetup on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cryptsetup package on Linux Mint 20.3 (Una)

Package: cryptsetup
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.2.2-3ubuntu2.4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Cryptsetup Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 398
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)
Replaces: cryptsetup-run (<< 2:2.1.0-6)
Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup/cryptsetup_2.2.2-3ubuntu2.4_amd64.deb
Size: 158992
MD5sum: d659f1bb1ca5414cbc93fa477607d9c6
SHA1: 9002f8b5b14826242965e8b9e490966beb7280da
SHA256: 1858f6db9da8f66171fef639b032dffbf40ed679291b47f42e3c80b9c98968df
SHA512: e3d445a0985461afd63b120a56f55df09b05afca0284e63fb223f15be7aeb8faecca88caa8bd22cfeea779d4501036ed67b275cba8fbacd1b0a17ff537dae26d
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup
Description: disk encryption support - startup scripts
Description-md5: 8b31e9d1472acf1abfced8af08a00f11
Task: server, cloud-image, ubuntu-live, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-dvd-live, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-live

Package: cryptsetup
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.2.2-3ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Cryptsetup Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 397
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)
Replaces: cryptsetup-run (<< 2:2.1.0-6)
Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup/cryptsetup_2.2.2-3ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 158920
MD5sum: 3c6f7d62857ba0e25443114b25a0d9cb
SHA1: d2d4a444a286ee3c421a7dc5e9dd212104c5b1db
SHA256: bf4e6a5558b4fe30b85772c11fa5e9a5c0547a1e0b725b3b116beb24a6ab594f
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup
Description: disk encryption support - startup scripts
Description-md5: 8b31e9d1472acf1abfced8af08a00f11
Task: server, cloud-image, ubuntu-live, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-dvd-live, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-live