How To Install apparmor on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apparmor on Kali Linux.

What is apparmor

apparmor is:

apparmor provides the system initialization scripts needed to use the AppArmor Mandatory Access Control system, including the AppArmor Parser which is required to convert AppArmor text profiles into machine-readable policies that are loaded into the kernel for use with the AppArmor Linux Security Module.

There are three methods to install apparmor on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install apparmor Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install apparmor using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install apparmor

Install apparmor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install apparmor using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install apparmor

Install apparmor Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install apparmor using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apparmor

How To Uninstall apparmor on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove apparmor

Uninstall apparmor And Its Dependencies

To uninstall apparmor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apparmor

Remove apparmor Configurations and Data

To remove apparmor configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge apparmor

Remove apparmor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove apparmor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apparmor

Dependencies

apparmor have the following dependencies:

• debconf
• lsb-base
• debconf
• libc6

References

• apparmor website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apparmor package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.