How To Install tomoyo-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tomoyo-tools on Debian 12.
What is tomoyo-tools
tomoyo-tools is:
TOMOYO Linux is a lightweight and easy-to-use path-based Mandatory Access Control (MAC) implementation with:
- automatic policy configuration via “learning” mode;
- an administrator-friendly policy language;
- no need for SELinux, or userland program modifications.
This package provides the audit daemon and administrative utilities for use on a Linux kernel with TOMOYO support (standard in Debian kernels).
There are three methods to install tomoyo-tools on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install tomoyo-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tomoyo-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tomoyo-tools
Install tomoyo-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tomoyo-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tomoyo-tools
Install tomoyo-tools 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 tomoyo-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tomoyo-tools
How To Uninstall tomoyo-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the tomoyo-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tomoyo-tools
Uninstall tomoyo-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tomoyo-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tomoyo-tools
Remove tomoyo-tools Configurations and Data
To remove tomoyo-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tomoyo-tools
Remove tomoyo-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tomoyo-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tomoyo-tools
Dependencies
tomoyo-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tomoyo-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
