How To Install gost on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gost on Debian 10.
What is gost
gost is:
gost builds a local copy of Security Tracker (Red Hat/Debian). After you register CVEs to watch list, gost notify via E-mail/Slack if there is an update. The pronunciation of gost is the same as the English word “ghost”.
There are three methods to install gost on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gost Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gost using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gost
Install gost Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gost using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gost
Install gost 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 gost using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gost
How To Uninstall gost on Debian 10
To uninstall only the gost package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gost
Uninstall gost And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gost and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gost
Remove gost Configurations and Data
To remove gost configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gost
Remove gost configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gost configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gost
Dependencies
gost have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gost package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.