How to Install and Uninstall cryptsetup Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "cryptsetup" package

Please follow the instructions below to install cryptsetup on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


    
        
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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 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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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 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: cryptsetup
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:2.5.0-2ubuntu1
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: 464
Depends: cryptsetup-bin (>= 2:1.6.0), dmsetup, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34)
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_2.5.0-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 196462
MD5sum: b68e7289ae0bcc95f9fa3b6b7ed4a1e0
SHA1: b8712ded872c5ac94c2f338fe37d21dd2564f3a2
SHA256: 3631fb37407e6c9e25d900243386ae49cddefd5a70f8179cf83d33083d647895
SHA512: d8c6cf361675a8ed42fc36654945940a6bee291f505548113d1d1884ec8dc6dfda2f6e9fa19143abfcaf8821db6fa0112f6dd214da68fd724796128fdc8352f2
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