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

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "cryptsetup-bin" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install cryptsetup-bin on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall cryptsetup-bin on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: cryptsetup-bin
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.3.6-0ubuntu1
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: 488
Depends: libblkid1 (>= 2.24.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcryptsetup12 (>= 2:2.3), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-bin_2.3.6-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 127612
MD5sum: a737f362bd4285319abb74345d248567
SHA1: 71827c6c40749d50e2b8d145403ce3c00bde509f
SHA256: 47801d16ffc9f9f56d49076ac481b2e3d589b35736f1ac8f4d04124a9bc179e7
SHA512: 639f1183f95f05266fc15cb02464f7c45449e07e97b5a67011a8e6b8982bcd10fa024c90c5e0d28832cd7a2fecffff1ab69055abf3861339c3026ed8879d49e6
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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