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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "cryptsetup-bin" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install cryptsetup-bin on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall cryptsetup-bin on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cryptsetup-bin
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cryptsetup-bin package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: cryptsetup-bin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.3.3-1ubuntu6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Source: cryptsetup
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Cryptsetup Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 556
Depends: libblkid1 (>= 2.24.2), libc6 (>= 2.15), libcryptsetup12 (>= 2:2.3), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-bin_2.3.3-1ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 121212
MD5sum: a643b9f7c44338584308890128aa178b
SHA1: 092d7f2f62ec5344d07895bbaf141f44b092b5e1
SHA256: 950f330494301da2138c5c44f00c45bdfa223e3d8a287ef35c76e2986036624a
SHA512: 6bcfafdefc48dbc611d140cdf05182647bcae3df8a99218d9f812ac97a045cb005fe69085e60bed43b70eee6c6cc0100c24845c0ad043f966d5418b5af7719a5
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup
Description-en: disk encryption support - command line tools
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 cryptsetup, cryptsetup-reencrypt, integritysetup
and veritysetup.
Description-md5: 5ba5cdc500067a042902eba3bbaab6db
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