How To Install cryptsetup on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup on Kali Linux.

What is cryptsetup

cryptsetup 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.

Cryptsetup is backwards compatible with the on-disk format of cryptoloop, but also supports more secure formats. This package includes support for automatically configuring encrypted devices at boot time via the config file /etc/crypttab. Additional features are cryptoroot support through initramfs-tools and several supported ways to read a passphrase or key.

This package provides the cryptdisk_start and stop wrappers and luksformat.

There are three methods to install cryptsetup on Kali Linux. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cryptsetup

Install cryptsetup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cryptsetup

Install cryptsetup Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install cryptsetup

How To Uninstall cryptsetup on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cryptsetup

Uninstall cryptsetup And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cryptsetup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cryptsetup

Remove cryptsetup Configurations and Data

To remove cryptsetup configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cryptsetup

Remove cryptsetup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cryptsetup

Dependencies

cryptsetup have the following dependencies:

• cryptsetup-bin

References

• cryptsetup website

Summary

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