How To Install cryptsetup-suspend on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-suspend
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is cryptsetup-suspend
cryptsetup-suspend 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.
This package provides suspend mode integration for cryptsetup. It takes care of removing LUKS master key from memory before system suspend.
Please note that the suspend mode integration is limited to LUKS devices and requires systemd. Moreover, this is an early implementation and may not be as mature as the other cryptsetup-* packages yet.
There are three methods to install cryptsetup-suspend
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-suspend 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-suspend
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cryptsetup-suspend
Install cryptsetup-suspend Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cryptsetup-suspend
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cryptsetup-suspend
Install cryptsetup-suspend 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-suspend
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cryptsetup-suspend
How To Uninstall cryptsetup-suspend on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the cryptsetup-suspend
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cryptsetup-suspend
Uninstall cryptsetup-suspend And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cryptsetup-suspend
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cryptsetup-suspend
Remove cryptsetup-suspend Configurations and Data
To remove cryptsetup-suspend
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cryptsetup-suspend
Remove cryptsetup-suspend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cryptsetup-suspend
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cryptsetup-suspend
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-suspend
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.