How To Install greenbone-security-assistant on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install greenbone-security-assistant on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is greenbone-security-assistant
greenbone-security-assistant is:
The Greenbone Security Assistant is a web application that connects to the OpenVAS Manager and OpenVAS Administrator to provide for a full-featured user interface for vulnerability management.
There are three methods to install greenbone-security-assistant on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install greenbone-security-assistant Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install greenbone-security-assistant using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install greenbone-security-assistant
Install greenbone-security-assistant Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install greenbone-security-assistant using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install greenbone-security-assistant
Install greenbone-security-assistant 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 greenbone-security-assistant using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install greenbone-security-assistant
How To Uninstall greenbone-security-assistant on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the greenbone-security-assistant package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove greenbone-security-assistant
Uninstall greenbone-security-assistant And Its Dependencies
To uninstall greenbone-security-assistant and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove greenbone-security-assistant
Remove greenbone-security-assistant Configurations and Data
To remove greenbone-security-assistant configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge greenbone-security-assistant
Remove greenbone-security-assistant configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove greenbone-security-assistant configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge greenbone-security-assistant
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install greenbone-security-assistant package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
