How To Install cryptsetup on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup on CentOS 7.
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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cryptsetup.
Install cryptsetup on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cryptsetup using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cryptsetup
Install cryptsetup on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install cryptsetup using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cryptsetup
How To Uninstall cryptsetup on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the cryptsetup package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cryptsetup
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.