How to Install and Uninstall cryptsetup Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "cryptsetup" package

This is a short guide on how to install cryptsetup on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall cryptsetup on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: cryptsetup
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.3.3-1ubuntu6
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: 420
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_2.3.3-1ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 170220
MD5sum: 684be9961ab0c02b7979a67c440157e8
SHA1: 1ae8ac58ea0fd095e77a48d0846ab927f959ee5f
SHA256: 621d4c2b90e9f5280f1b8ff94c0a87a587877a075cc106ef435ec348ceec60c2
SHA512: ef3b84d54a51d0688c6981e6adb6e6bbaaa83053feaf235f29505cd503660c0493ab35feefc8fea8410fbba1b4cbbd00a9cf705ca3585bcf5340fcfa4bd8bcb7
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup
Description-en: 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 cryptdisk_start and stop wrappers and
luksformat.
Description-md5: 8b31e9d1472acf1abfced8af08a00f11
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