How to Install cryptsetup software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to Install cryptsetup software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

cryptsetup software package provides disk encryption support - startup scripts, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) 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 10 yakkety yak
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 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?