How to Install and Uninstall cryptsetup-bin Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "cryptsetup-bin" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install cryptsetup-bin on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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 guidelines below to uninstall cryptsetup-bin on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: cryptsetup-bin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.3.4-1ubuntu3
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: 560
Depends: libblkid1 (>= 2.24.2), libc6 (>= 2.33), libcryptsetup12 (>= 2:2.3), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-bin_2.3.4-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 120996
MD5sum: 96f0e5aa132d795ea8803219396cac41
SHA1: bc391ebd7d1b7e29960092450a6f8d8ec286c2d5
SHA256: 74a3753e71d420e90f3fc3b262f038e3a095c9e1c238027fcba784b04226163f
SHA512: 0586f67a74f7c2db5edb9ac14b8c39c2d90700a9e4e3878f38b46acb128ffd7220e743530214b8a9fcc3957d96f3039213791ee0cd64af0afb14c8c8136dfcea
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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