How to Install cryptsetup software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install cryptsetup software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

cryptsetup software package provides disk encryption support - startup scripts, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install cryptsetup 

cryptsetup is installed in your system.

Make ensure the cryptsetup package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cryptsetup *

You will get with cryptsetup package name, version, architecture and description in a table

cryptsetup package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Administration Utilities
Package cryptsetup
Version 2:1.4.1-2ubuntu4
Description disk encryption support - startup scripts
Sub Section Admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove cryptsetup software package from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)?