How To Install fsprotect on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fsprotect
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fsprotect
fsprotect is:
This is a set of scripts that make immutable the root and other filesystems. Using aufs they pack a tmpfs filesystem and the filesystem forcing changes to be written to the tmpfs.
The root filesystem is protected by an initramfs script. Other filesystems are protected by an init script. All protected filesystems become read-only ensuring their immutability even on power-offs.
This can be used for public computers to prevent damage or changes.
There are three methods to install fsprotect
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fsprotect Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fsprotect
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fsprotect
Install fsprotect Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fsprotect
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fsprotect
Install fsprotect 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fsprotect
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fsprotect
How To Uninstall fsprotect on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fsprotect
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fsprotect
Uninstall fsprotect And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fsprotect
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fsprotect
Remove fsprotect Configurations and Data
To remove fsprotect
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fsprotect
Remove fsprotect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fsprotect
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fsprotect
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fsprotect
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.