How To Install cryptsetup on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup
on Fedora 36.
What is cryptsetup
The cryptsetup package contains a utility for setting up disk encryption using dm-crypt kernel module.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install cryptsetup
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cryptsetup.
Install cryptsetup on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install cryptsetup
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cryptsetup
Install cryptsetup on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install cryptsetup
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cryptsetup
How To Uninstall cryptsetup on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the cryptsetup
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cryptsetup
cryptsetup Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/73a396373ecb64f0f5bc21d6ddeb9149541bc9
/usr/sbin/cryptsetup
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.0.7-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.1.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.1.1-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.1.2-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.1.3-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.2.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.3.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.3.1-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.4.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.4.1-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.4.2-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.4.3-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.5.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.5.1-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.6.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.6.1-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.6.2-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.6.3-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.6.4-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.6.5-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.6.6-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.6.7-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.6.8-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.7.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.7.1-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.7.2-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.7.3-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.7.4-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v1.7.5-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.0.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.0.1-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.0.2-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.0.3-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.0.4-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.0.5-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.0.6-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.1.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.2.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.2.1-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.2.2-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.3.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.3.1-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.3.2-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.3.3-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.3.4-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.3.5-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.3.6-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.4.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.4.1-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.4.2-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup/v2.4.3-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/licenses/cryptsetup
/usr/share/licenses/cryptsetup/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/cryptsetup.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).