How to Install and Uninstall cryptsetup Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "cryptsetup" package

This is a short guide on how to install cryptsetup on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                cryptsetup
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cryptsetup" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall cryptsetup on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                cryptsetup
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cryptsetup package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package cryptsetup:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : cryptsetup
Version : 2.7.0-1.3
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 377.3 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : cryptsetup-2.7.0-1.3.src
Upstream URL : https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/
Summary : Setup program for dm-crypt Based Encrypted Block Devices
Description :
cryptsetup is used to conveniently set up dm-crypt based device-mapper
targets. It allows to set up targets to read cryptoloop compatible
volumes as well as LUKS formatted ones. The package additionally
includes support for automatically setting up encrypted volumes at boot
time via the config file /etc/crypttab.