How To Install grr-client-templates-installer on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install grr-client-templates-installer on Ubuntu 18.04. grr-client-templates-installer is incident response framework - installer for client templates

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install grr-client-templates-installer on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is grr-client-templates-installer

grr-client-templates-installer is:

GRR Rapid Response is an incident response framework focused on remote live forensics. It consists of an agent (client) that is installed on target systems, and server infrastructure that can manage and talk to the agent.

This package contains a download script that fetches compoments which are used to build Linux, Windows, and MacOSX client installers are built and which cannot currently be built from source on a Debian system.

There are three methods to install grr-client-templates-installer on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install grr-client-templates-installer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install grr-client-templates-installer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install grr-client-templates-installer

Install grr-client-templates-installer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install grr-client-templates-installer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install grr-client-templates-installer

Install grr-client-templates-installer 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install grr-client-templates-installer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grr-client-templates-installer

How To Uninstall grr-client-templates-installer on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the grr-client-templates-installer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove grr-client-templates-installer

Uninstall grr-client-templates-installer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall grr-client-templates-installer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove grr-client-templates-installer

Remove grr-client-templates-installer Configurations and Data

To remove grr-client-templates-installer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge grr-client-templates-installer

Remove grr-client-templates-installer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove grr-client-templates-installer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grr-client-templates-installer

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install grr-client-templates-installer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.