How To Install fort-validator on Debian 12

Learn how to install fort-validator on Debian 12 with this tutorial. fort-validator is RPKI validator and RTR server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fort-validator on Debian 12.

What is fort-validator

fort-validator is:

FORT validator is an RPKI relying party software: it performs the validation of the RPKI repository and serves the ROAs to the routers.

There are three methods to install fort-validator 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 fort-validator Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fort-validator

Install fort-validator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fort-validator

Install fort-validator 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 fort-validator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fort-validator

How To Uninstall fort-validator on Debian 12

To uninstall only the fort-validator package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fort-validator

Uninstall fort-validator And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fort-validator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fort-validator

Remove fort-validator Configurations and Data

To remove fort-validator configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fort-validator

Remove fort-validator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fort-validator

Dependencies

fort-validator have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fort-validator package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.