How To Install paxrat on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install paxrat
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is paxrat
paxrat is:
PaX implements least privilege protections for memory pages in the Linux kernel and prevent different security-related exploits.
paxrat helps to keep and control PaX flags on binaries installed on the system.
There are three methods to install paxrat
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 paxrat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install paxrat
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install paxrat
Install paxrat Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install paxrat
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install paxrat
Install paxrat 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 paxrat
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install paxrat
How To Uninstall paxrat on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the paxrat
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove paxrat
Uninstall paxrat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall paxrat
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove paxrat
Remove paxrat Configurations and Data
To remove paxrat
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge paxrat
Remove paxrat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove paxrat
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge paxrat
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install paxrat
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.