cryptmount command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

cryptmount: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: cryptmount: command not found

Solutions to cryptmount: command not found

How To Fix cryptmount: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu cryptmount is provided by cryptmount package.

cryptmount is:

cryptmount is a utility for creating encrypted filesystems & swap partitions and which allows an ordinary user to mount/unmount filesystems without requiring superuser privileges.

It offers the following features: * easy and safe on-demand access to filesystems without su/sudo; * access passwords can be changed easily without involving the sys-admin; * filesystems can reside on raw disk partitions or ordinary files; * supports LUKS encrypted filesystems created by cryptsetup; * encrypted access keys can be stored on removable media (e.g. USB flash disks); * includes support for encrypted swap partitions; * multiple filesystems can be stored in a single disk partition; * encrypted filesystems can be initialized at boot-up or on demand; * temporary filesystems can be setup via command-line, for use in shell-scripts; * transparent configuration of dm-crypt & loopback devices during mounting; * access keys can optionally be made compatible with OpenSSL.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install cryptmount

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install cryptmount.

sudo apt -y install cryptmount

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install cryptmount

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix cryptmount command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.