How To Install harden-doc on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install harden-doc on Debian 11.
What is harden-doc
harden-doc is:
This package contains documentation an administrator can use to make a Debian system more secure. It currently provides the ‘Securing Debian Manual’ from the Debian Documentation Project.
The manual is provided both in English and in all available translations including: Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. Note that all not translations are up to date.
There are three methods to install harden-doc on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install harden-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install harden-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install harden-doc
Install harden-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install harden-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install harden-doc
Install harden-doc 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 harden-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install harden-doc
How To Uninstall harden-doc on Debian 11
To uninstall only the harden-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove harden-doc
Uninstall harden-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall harden-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove harden-doc
Remove harden-doc Configurations and Data
To remove harden-doc configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge harden-doc
Remove harden-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove harden-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge harden-doc
Dependencies
harden-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install harden-doc package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.