How To Install cryptsetup-run on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-run on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is cryptsetup-run
cryptsetup-run is:
This is a transitional dummy package to get upgrading systems to install the cryptsetup package. It can safely be removed once no other package depends on it. 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-run Architecture: all Version: 2:2.2.2-3ubuntu2.2 Multi-Arch: foreign 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: 77 Depends: cryptsetup (>= 2:2.1.0-6) Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-run_2.2.2-3ubuntu2.2_all.deb Size: 5572 MD5sum: 72c9d9bc7bcf3a31657eff98250701d8 SHA1: 6469280870c4ffa49b420d9c3f893ccd79fb0aa3 SHA256: a316276d5546a188d5f990bb3c32240f111e40aa9fa146b8e2d696657a28aa64 SHA512: 35d6597c410b880c9c05214457237b1b341ecd4b7a542f9655b5aec938df833cf875da916c0ebfa4ef66638896d9bbd498e381865f7c7e483798441f2e3eb8ea Homepage: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup Description-en: transitional dummy package for cryptsetup This is a transitional dummy package to get upgrading systems to install the cryptsetup package. It can safely be removed once no other package depends on it. 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-run Architecture: all Version: 2:2.2.2-3ubuntu2 Multi-Arch: foreign 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: 77 Depends: cryptsetup (>= 2:2.1.0-6) Filename: pool/main/c/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-run_2.2.2-3ubuntu2_all.deb Size: 5312 MD5sum: 2ce626288b112de605d2728b62daa2fb SHA1: ccac796673bcb5795bd53d1c1ce13f5188f70dbe SHA256: 35dcf8ebe8efb5042fedd4a1c57dd2aa1ae9d65eef913fe6190fb856bb71a9a2 Homepage: https://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup Description-en: transitional dummy package for cryptsetup This is a transitional dummy package to get upgrading systems to install the cryptsetup package. It can safely be removed once no other package depends on it. 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
There are three methods to install cryptsetup-run 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-run 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-run using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cryptsetup-run
Install cryptsetup-run Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cryptsetup-run using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cryptsetup-run
Install cryptsetup-run 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-run using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cryptsetup-run
How To Uninstall cryptsetup-run on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the cryptsetup-run package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cryptsetup-run
Uninstall cryptsetup-run And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cryptsetup-run and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cryptsetup-run
Remove cryptsetup-run Configurations and Data
To remove cryptsetup-run configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cryptsetup-run
Remove cryptsetup-run configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cryptsetup-run configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cryptsetup-run
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-run package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
