How To Install hardening-runtime on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hardening-runtime on Kali Linux.

What is hardening-runtime

hardening-runtime is:

This package contains configuration files intended to improve at runtime the hardening of a default Debian installation. It uses Linux kernel self-protection project recommended settings.

It supports:

• Linux command line, when using grub
• sysctl

Some options have side effects on performance or usability, users are encouraged to tune the configuration files according to README.Debian in order to fit their system.

There are three methods to install hardening-runtime on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hardening-runtime Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hardening-runtime

Install hardening-runtime Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hardening-runtime

Install hardening-runtime Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install hardening-runtime using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hardening-runtime

How To Uninstall hardening-runtime on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the hardening-runtime package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hardening-runtime

Uninstall hardening-runtime And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hardening-runtime and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hardening-runtime

Remove hardening-runtime Configurations and Data

To remove hardening-runtime configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hardening-runtime

Remove hardening-runtime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hardening-runtime

Dependencies

hardening-runtime have the following dependencies:

References

• hardening-runtime website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hardening-runtime package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.