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

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

cryptsetup-bin software package provides disk encryption support - command line tools, 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-bin 

cryptsetup-bin is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cryptsetup-bin *

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

cryptsetup-bin package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Administration Utilities
Package cryptsetup-bin
Version 2:1.6.6-5ubuntu2
Description disk encryption support - command line tools
Sub Section admin


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