How To Install apparmor-utils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apparmor-utils on Debian 9.
What is apparmor-utils
apparmor-utils is:
This provides the utilities to operate on AppArmor profiles. Profiles can be created, updated, enforced, set to complain mode, and disabled with tools such as aa-genprof, aa-enforce, aa-complain and aa-disabled.
There are three methods to install apparmor-utils 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 apparmor-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apparmor-utils
Install apparmor-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apparmor-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apparmor-utils
Install apparmor-utils 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 apparmor-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apparmor-utils
How To Uninstall apparmor-utils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the apparmor-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apparmor-utils
Uninstall apparmor-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apparmor-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apparmor-utils
Remove apparmor-utils Configurations and Data
To remove apparmor-utils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apparmor-utils
Remove apparmor-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apparmor-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apparmor-utils
Dependencies
apparmor-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apparmor-utils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.