How To Install cryptsetup-initramfs on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-initramfs on Ubuntu 20.04. cryptsetup-initramfs is disk encryption support - initramfs integration disk encryption support - initramfs integration disk encryption support - initramfs integration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-initramfs on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `cryptsetup-initramfs`

cryptsetup-initramfs 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 initramfs integration for cryptsetup. Task: server, cloud-image, ubuntu-live, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-live, lubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-dvd-live, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-live

Package: cryptsetup-initramfs Architecture: all Version: 2:2.2.2-3ubuntu2.2 Priority: optional Section: admin Source: cryptsetup Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Cryptsetup Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 152 Depends: busybox-initramfs, cryptsetup (>= 2:2.2.2-3ubuntu2.2), initramfs-tools (>= 0.129) | linux-initramfs-tool, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0 Recommends: console-setup, kbd, plymouth Breaks: cryptsetup (« 2:2.0.3-1) Replaces: cryptsetup (« 2:2.0.3-1) Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-initramfs_2.2.2-3ubuntu2.2_all.deb Size: 24380 MD5sum: b09813f7b16b93f6f422ea45928b312a SHA1: 156722c461699794efae127f01b61e9bdb76985e SHA256: 8256b78d7044067b08e0251659ba188d6256246966497b257b00023d98eea4e9 SHA512: 66b8e00e154adeb5f8dd1be15b122cf0fc669a5acca5ba437af0151b31d483f7250a77429271ac4f2bbabef447d3982199b746540aca649593de614aaff8b796 Homepage: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup Description-en: disk encryption support - initramfs integration 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.

Package: cryptsetup-initramfs Architecture: all Version: 2:2.2.2-3ubuntu2 Priority: optional Section: admin Source: cryptsetup Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Cryptsetup Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 152 Depends: busybox-initramfs, cryptsetup (>= 2:2.2.2-3ubuntu2), initramfs-tools (>= 0.129) | linux-initramfs-tool, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0 Recommends: console-setup, kbd, plymouth Breaks: cryptsetup (« 2:2.0.3-1) Replaces: cryptsetup (« 2:2.0.3-1) Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-initramfs_2.2.2-3ubuntu2_all.deb Size: 24124 MD5sum: 66509ddfea547fc9f5a88a999296d21b SHA1: 5d13e58c2ef8bf3a0fc20e94f94ca38679d905c9 SHA256: 02452de6dd03b10113c3e4aa14e8689a4350284afa66ebafb38c32c89ed818ba Homepage: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup Description-en: disk encryption support - initramfs integration 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.

There are three methods to install cryptsetup-initramfs on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-initramfs 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-initramfs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cryptsetup-initramfs

Install cryptsetup-initramfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cryptsetup-initramfs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cryptsetup-initramfs

Install cryptsetup-initramfs 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-initramfs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cryptsetup-initramfs

How To Uninstall cryptsetup-initramfs on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the cryptsetup-initramfs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cryptsetup-initramfs

Uninstall cryptsetup-initramfs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cryptsetup-initramfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cryptsetup-initramfs

Remove cryptsetup-initramfs Configurations and Data

To remove cryptsetup-initramfs configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cryptsetup-initramfs

Remove cryptsetup-initramfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cryptsetup-initramfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cryptsetup-initramfs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-initramfs package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.