How To Install audispd-plugins on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install audispd-plugins on Debian 9. audispd-plugins is Plugins for the audit event dispatcher

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install audispd-plugins on Debian 9.

What is audispd-plugins

audispd-plugins is:

The audispd-plugins package provides plugins for the real-time interface to the audit system, audispd. These plugins can do things like relay events to remote machines or analyze events for suspicious behavior.

There are three methods to install audispd-plugins 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 audispd-plugins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install audispd-plugins

Install audispd-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install audispd-plugins

Install audispd-plugins 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 audispd-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install audispd-plugins

How To Uninstall audispd-plugins on Debian 9

To uninstall only the audispd-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove audispd-plugins

Uninstall audispd-plugins And Its Dependencies

To uninstall audispd-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove audispd-plugins

Remove audispd-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove audispd-plugins configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge audispd-plugins

Remove audispd-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge audispd-plugins

Dependencies

audispd-plugins have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install audispd-plugins package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.