How to Install cryptsetup software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install cryptsetup software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

cryptsetup software package provides disk encryption support - startup scripts, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 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 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Administration Utilities
Package cryptsetup
Version 2:1.6.6-5ubuntu2
Description disk encryption support - startup scripts
Sub Section admin


See Also, How to uninstall or remove cryptsetup software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?