How to Install and Uninstall cryptsetup Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 21,2024

You can also install and uninstall the cryptsetup on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "cryptsetup" package

This tutorial shows how to install cryptsetup on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "cryptsetup" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall cryptsetup on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                cryptsetup
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cryptsetup package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: cryptsetup
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.4.3-1ubuntu1.2
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: 475
Depends: cryptsetup-bin (>= 2:1.6.0), dmsetup, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcryptsetup12 (>= 2:2.4), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), libssh-4 (>= 0.8.0)
Recommends: cryptsetup-initramfs
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_2.4.3-1ubuntu1.2_amd64.deb
Size: 193452
MD5sum: 6a8b833e2eabcbff202509504026258b
SHA1: 7efefbc04d24c158c8a874cd43b0234b40b6f001
SHA256: 5de91350d744af7f1700634597e799196fd399f43c7ac8f4c4f163db88ac87a6
SHA512: 8704bb43ba08b1f0af64538eeb082820ddb1ad3cc941ab8068d4f2ffb8d578fe25da8c20cf014e0dbcdb6a6267280b1d6acc4b99ab96681ff1e61899a04f513d
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup
Description: disk encryption support - startup scripts
Description-md5: 109c1fbecc9a2c070cf7023e889b3839
Task: server-minimal, cloud-image, ubuntu-live, server, ubuntu-server-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-live

Package: cryptsetup
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.4.3-1ubuntu1
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: 487
Depends: cryptsetup-bin (>= 2:1.6.0), dmsetup, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcryptsetup12 (>= 2:2.4), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), libssh-4 (>= 0.8.0)
Recommends: cryptsetup-initramfs
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_2.4.3-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 193460
MD5sum: 0cb1fdf1e09ef3f4dff362a908f3875e
SHA1: 58b3b114a6e8d60826ec635f59c78a4784c26329
SHA256: ce358a8876f0ac0cd7e44557b1a2a57d963659656a2df5c1a48ab8f8cd9c9b69
SHA512: 550e74363b37b5f8e3aba988fa0e8f4d22018bb74c84c91747bddcf7cbc4c10f32df8b79249871d73d754d9823d96e9a13d71135081870907081a3af3a760c5b
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup
Description: disk encryption support - startup scripts
Description-md5: 109c1fbecc9a2c070cf7023e889b3839
Task: server-minimal, cloud-image, ubuntu-live, server, ubuntu-server-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-live