How To Install cryptsetup-suspend on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup-suspend on Ubuntu 22.04. cryptsetup-suspend is disk encryption support - suspend mode integration

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

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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.