How To Install falcosecurity-scap-dkms on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install falcosecurity-scap-dkms on Debian 12.
What is falcosecurity-scap-dkms
falcosecurity-scap-dkms is:
Sysdig instruments your physical and virtual machines at the OS level by installing into the Linux kernel and capturing system calls and other OS events. Then, using sysdig’s command line interface, you can filter and decode these events in order to extract useful information and statistics.
This package contains the sources for the kernel driver used by Falco and Sysdig to collect data
There are three methods to install falcosecurity-scap-dkms on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install falcosecurity-scap-dkms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install falcosecurity-scap-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install falcosecurity-scap-dkms
Install falcosecurity-scap-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install falcosecurity-scap-dkms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install falcosecurity-scap-dkms
Install falcosecurity-scap-dkms 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 falcosecurity-scap-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install falcosecurity-scap-dkms
How To Uninstall falcosecurity-scap-dkms on Debian 12
To uninstall only the falcosecurity-scap-dkms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove falcosecurity-scap-dkms
Uninstall falcosecurity-scap-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall falcosecurity-scap-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove falcosecurity-scap-dkms
Remove falcosecurity-scap-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove falcosecurity-scap-dkms configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge falcosecurity-scap-dkms
Remove falcosecurity-scap-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove falcosecurity-scap-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge falcosecurity-scap-dkms
Dependencies
falcosecurity-scap-dkms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install falcosecurity-scap-dkms package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
