How To Install cryptsetup-run on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-run on Debian 10.
What is cryptsetup-run
cryptsetup-run 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-run on Debian 10. 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 Debian. 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 Debian 10
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 Debian 10, 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 Debian 10 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
Dependencies
cryptsetup-run have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-run package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.