How To Install auditd on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install auditd on Debian 9.
What is auditd
auditd is:
The audit package contains the user space utilities for storing and searching the audit records generated by the audit subsystem in the Linux 2.6 kernel.
Also contains the audit dispatcher “audisp”.
There are three methods to install auditd 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 auditd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install auditd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install auditd
Install auditd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install auditd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install auditd
Install auditd 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 auditd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install auditd
How To Uninstall auditd on Debian 9
To uninstall only the auditd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove auditd
Uninstall auditd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall auditd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove auditd
Remove auditd Configurations and Data
To remove auditd configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge auditd
Remove auditd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove auditd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge auditd
Dependencies
auditd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install auditd package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.