How to Install and Uninstall libcryptsetup12 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "libcryptsetup12" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libcryptsetup12 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libcryptsetup12
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libcryptsetup12" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libcryptsetup12 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcryptsetup12
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcryptsetup12 package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libcryptsetup12
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.3.4-1ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: important
Section: libs
Source: cryptsetup
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Cryptsetup Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 561
Depends: libargon2-1 (>= 0~20171227), libblkid1 (>= 2.24.2), libc6 (>= 2.33), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.97), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup/libcryptsetup12_2.3.4-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 194512
MD5sum: e92789391fb49b04e3cb29dc7ee8ff0c
SHA1: e116e89e0e8c4ca64103099d3cfb9f43ba4d27b3
SHA256: d770904b40b4376111c115c052482d74bfd065df5b2631918a22154cb4ace5cf
SHA512: fab4d8f24fbf42977b9d53ca13d1bce8ec621cc1f3010a77e00d4a6eac0953e98dac75c19ab588692072c67cb48349b41a8b7d515d242407313724656315c9e7
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup
Description-en: disk encryption support - shared library
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 the libcryptsetup shared library.
Description-md5: 4d51c661b0adee027561376db6e58853
Task: minimal