How To Install usbguard on Fedora 34

usbguard is A tool for implementing USB device usage policy A tool for implementing USB device usage policy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbguard on Fedora 34.

What is usbguard

The USBGuard software framework helps to protect your computer against rogue USB devices by implementing basic whitelisting/blacklisting capabilities based on USB device attributes. usbguard 1.0.0 4.fc34 x86_64 477 k usbguard-1.0.0-4.fc34.src.rpm fedora A tool for implementing USB device usage policy https GPLv2+ The USBGuard software framework helps to protect your computer against rogue USB devices by implementing basic whitelisting/blacklisting capabilities based on USB device attributes.

We can use yum or dnf to install usbguard on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install usbguard.

Install usbguard on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install usbguard using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install usbguard

Install usbguard on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install usbguard using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install usbguard

How To Uninstall usbguard on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the usbguard package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove usbguard

usbguard Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/usbguard
/etc/usbguard/IPCAccessControl.d
/etc/usbguard/rules.conf
/etc/usbguard/rules.d
/etc/usbguard/usbguard-daemon.conf
/usr/bin/usbguard
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/666a0b24ca93d50c12588997fab789d0cd4368
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/e20501ac5538ae8691c3dcdd621e2eaeddff62
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c2/9a95eaca02823286bc05cb12f7753eac582de5
/usr/lib/libusbguard.so.1
/usr/lib/libusbguard.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/systemd/system/usbguard.service
/usr/sbin/usbguard-daemon
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/usbguard
/usr/share/doc/usbguard
/usr/share/doc/usbguard/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/usbguard/README.adoc
/usr/share/licenses/usbguard
/usr/share/licenses/usbguard/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/usbguard.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/usbguard-daemon.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/usbguard-rules.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/usbguard-daemon.8.gz
/var/log/usbguard
/etc/usbguard
/etc/usbguard/IPCAccessControl.d
/etc/usbguard/rules.conf
/etc/usbguard/rules.d
/etc/usbguard/usbguard-daemon.conf
/usr/bin/usbguard
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f
/usr/lib/.build-id/5f/52a10f57272e10f97f67b6280977301beb8ca1
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/5b4c39b64100a6ca0f13d2b758e4cc68696980
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/6ef56f5db6dd875a755b6d6d20a913ced7e94a
/usr/lib/systemd/system/usbguard.service
/usr/lib64/libusbguard.so.1
/usr/lib64/libusbguard.so.1.0.0
/usr/sbin/usbguard-daemon
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/usbguard
/usr/share/doc/usbguard
/usr/share/doc/usbguard/CHANGELOG.md
/usr/share/doc/usbguard/README.adoc
/usr/share/licenses/usbguard
/usr/share/licenses/usbguard/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/usbguard.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/usbguard-daemon.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/usbguard-rules.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/usbguard-daemon.8.gz
/var/log/usbguard

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install usbguard on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.