How To Install cryptsetup.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. cryptsetup.x86_64 is A utility for setting up encrypted disks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `cryptsetup.x86_64`

The cryptsetup package contains a utility for setting up disk encryption using dm-crypt kernel module.

We can use yum to install cryptsetup.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cryptsetup.x86_64.

Install cryptsetup.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cryptsetup.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cryptsetup.x86_64

How To Uninstall cryptsetup.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the cryptsetup.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove cryptsetup.x86_64

cryptsetup.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/sbin/cryptsetup
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.0.7-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.1.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.1.1-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.1.2-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.1.3-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.2.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.3.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.3.1-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.4.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.4.1-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.4.2-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.4.3-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.5.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.5.1-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.6.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.6.1-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.6.2-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.6.3-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.6.4-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.6.5-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.6.6-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.6.7-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.6.8-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.7.0-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.7.1-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.7.2-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.7.3-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/doc/cryptsetup-1.7.4/v1.7.4-ReleaseNotes
/usr/share/licenses/cryptsetup-1.7.4
/usr/share/licenses/cryptsetup-1.7.4/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man8/cryptsetup.8.gz

References

cryptsetup.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cryptsetup.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.