How To Install jailtool on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jailtool on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is jailtool
jailtool is:
Jailtool provides an easy way to build chroot-jails for daemons. It can make use Debian package information. The jail is copied from the base system, the amount of copied data can be configured.
New init.d-scripts for daemons can be generated to automagically start in the jail.
There are three methods to install jailtool 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 jailtool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install jailtool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install jailtool
Install jailtool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install jailtool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install jailtool
Install jailtool 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 jailtool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install jailtool
How To Uninstall jailtool on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the jailtool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove jailtool
Uninstall jailtool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall jailtool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove jailtool
Remove jailtool Configurations and Data
To remove jailtool configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge jailtool
Remove jailtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove jailtool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jailtool
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jailtool package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
