How To Install apparmor-profiles on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install apparmor-profiles on Debian 9. apparmor-profiles is profiles for AppArmor Security policies

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apparmor-profiles on Debian 9.

What is apparmor-profiles

apparmor-profiles is:

This provides various AppArmor profiles that have not been shipped by the packages they provide confinement for. By default, they ship in complain mode so that users can test and choose which are desired.

There are three methods to install apparmor-profiles on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install apparmor-profiles Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install apparmor-profiles using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install apparmor-profiles

Install apparmor-profiles Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install apparmor-profiles using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install apparmor-profiles

Install apparmor-profiles Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install apparmor-profiles using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apparmor-profiles

How To Uninstall apparmor-profiles on Debian 9

To uninstall only the apparmor-profiles package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove apparmor-profiles

Uninstall apparmor-profiles And Its Dependencies

To uninstall apparmor-profiles and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apparmor-profiles

Remove apparmor-profiles Configurations and Data

To remove apparmor-profiles configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge apparmor-profiles

Remove apparmor-profiles configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove apparmor-profiles configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apparmor-profiles

Dependencies

apparmor-profiles have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apparmor-profiles package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.