How To Install usbguard-applet-qt on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbguard-applet-qt
on Debian 9.
What is usbguard-applet-qt
usbguard-applet-qt is:
The USBGuard software framework helps to protect your computer against rogue USB devices (a.k.a. BadUSB) by implementing basic whitelisting and blacklisting capabilities based on device attributes.
This package contains the qt-applet for controlling usbguard.
There are three methods to install usbguard-applet-qt
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 usbguard-applet-qt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install usbguard-applet-qt
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install usbguard-applet-qt
Install usbguard-applet-qt Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install usbguard-applet-qt
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install usbguard-applet-qt
Install usbguard-applet-qt 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 usbguard-applet-qt
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install usbguard-applet-qt
How To Uninstall usbguard-applet-qt on Debian 9
To uninstall only the usbguard-applet-qt
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove usbguard-applet-qt
Uninstall usbguard-applet-qt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall usbguard-applet-qt
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove usbguard-applet-qt
Remove usbguard-applet-qt Configurations and Data
To remove usbguard-applet-qt
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge usbguard-applet-qt
Remove usbguard-applet-qt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove usbguard-applet-qt
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usbguard-applet-qt
Dependencies
usbguard-applet-qt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbguard-applet-qt
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.