How to Install and Uninstall cryptsetup Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 22,2024

1. Install "cryptsetup" package

Learn how to install cryptsetup on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cryptsetup
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cryptsetup" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall cryptsetup on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: cryptsetup
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.6.6-5ubuntu2.1
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Cryptsetup Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 326
Provides: cryptsetup-luks
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), dmsetup, cryptsetup-bin (>= 2:1.6.0), initramfs-tools (>= 0.91) | linux-initramfs-tool, plymouth
Recommends: kbd, console-setup, busybox-static | busybox
Suggests: dosfstools, liblocale-gettext-perl, keyutils
Conflicts: cryptsetup-luks
Breaks: hashalot (<< 0.3-2)
Replaces: cryptsetup-luks, hashalot (<< 0.3-2)
Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup/cryptsetup_1.6.6-5ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 122948
MD5sum: 38cdceb9d6b2618ed29b8acc3fd65071
SHA1: 05c268eade806ba7a49524f504770f439e9b7d0a
SHA256: 3d34d8aebe6e815a7a0b38ba7336affd54a6874e9f4e556a5e684d884cccf932
SHA512: 0e201702858f93581175dab874ba9395d40d0876447d0674043e123229dd64ba48c0b8eb88f3cc34eda1a3683656e007ac963f77a804b732f70aa815e8ad74f4
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/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.
Description-md5: 7d16ff8049ac55b58d616e4fc3a33f99
Task: ubuntu-live, ubuntu-usb-live, cloud-image, server, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-live, edubuntu-usb-live, xubuntu-live, mythbuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-live, ubuntustudio-dvd-live, ubuntu-gnome-live, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live
Supported: 5y

Package: cryptsetup
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 326
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Cryptsetup Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.6.6-5ubuntu2
Replaces: cryptsetup-luks, hashalot (<< 0.3-2)
Provides: cryptsetup-luks
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), dmsetup, cryptsetup-bin (>= 2:1.6.0), initramfs-tools (>= 0.91) | linux-initramfs-tool, plymouth
Recommends: kbd, console-setup, busybox-static | busybox
Suggests: dosfstools, liblocale-gettext-perl, keyutils
Conflicts: cryptsetup-luks
Breaks: hashalot (<< 0.3-2)
Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup/cryptsetup_1.6.6-5ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 122642
MD5sum: 0d3c16071fc419df28becffb0108e4e4
SHA1: 359cb642c0288777a6a569236ea01f90b939fa4f
SHA256: 74d305c7085b977505a3c4664fae0fbbccc39da31b97f61bb4456d361eb781b2
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.
.
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.
Description-md5: 7d16ff8049ac55b58d616e4fc3a33f99
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/cryptsetup/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-live, ubuntu-usb-live, cloud-image, server, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-live, edubuntu-usb-live, xubuntu-live, mythbuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-live, ubuntustudio-dvd-live, ubuntu-gnome-live, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live