Cryptsetup was never installed by default in Ubuntu; it was only installed if you selected encryption in the installer. however, you say this was an upgrade, and it also should not have been removed on upgrade. Please attach your upgrade logs from /var/log/apt/dist-upgrade.
** Changed in: cryptsetup (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1310174 Title: "cryptsetup" should be included and installed by default in ubuntu 14.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cryptsetup/+bug/1310174/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs