How To Install cryptsetup-bin on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-bin on Ubuntu.
What is cryptsetup-bin
cryptsetup-bin is:
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.
This package provides cryptsetup, cryptsetup-reencrypt, integritysetup and veritysetup.
There are three methods to install cryptsetup-bin on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cryptsetup-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cryptsetup-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cryptsetup-bin
Install cryptsetup-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cryptsetup-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cryptsetup-bin
Install cryptsetup-bin Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cryptsetup-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cryptsetup-bin
How To Uninstall cryptsetup-bin on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the cryptsetup-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cryptsetup-bin
Uninstall cryptsetup-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cryptsetup-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cryptsetup-bin
Remove cryptsetup-bin Configurations and Data
To remove cryptsetup-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cryptsetup-bin
Remove cryptsetup-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cryptsetup-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cryptsetup-bin
Dependencies
cryptsetup-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-bin package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.