How To Install apparmor-utils on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install apparmor-utils on Debian 9. apparmor-utils is utilities for controlling AppArmor

Introduction

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

What is apparmor-utils

apparmor-utils is:

This provides the utilities to operate on AppArmor profiles. Profiles can be created, updated, enforced, set to complain mode, and disabled with tools such as aa-genprof, aa-enforce, aa-complain and aa-disabled.

There are three methods to install apparmor-utils 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install apparmor-utils

Install apparmor-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install apparmor-utils

Install apparmor-utils 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apparmor-utils

How To Uninstall apparmor-utils on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove apparmor-utils

Uninstall apparmor-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apparmor-utils

Remove apparmor-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge apparmor-utils

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

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

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

Dependencies

apparmor-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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