How to Install and Uninstall cryptsetup Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "cryptsetup" package

Please follow the guidance below to install cryptsetup on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall cryptsetup on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: cryptsetup
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.3.6-0ubuntu1
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: 430
Depends: cryptsetup-bin (>= 2:1.6.0), dmsetup, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34)
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_2.3.6-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 178116
MD5sum: b297cf335de0e812fec0a03901e7a655
SHA1: 889b6d4d3f8fdcc345ec71bd7a71cd8cd752662e
SHA256: 3b94b0f64cbefc589026779adf64990722368dc939454794b3a80ecfb3f3264c
SHA512: 4ae90480ff2557d7ebfb322a54c2f094465547d603780a72a0cb1220c18b8beffe37cfb439ed056f75b87380f0f1332eb9e2f9c108e43cc4f76fd16eef0fe98c
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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