How To Install libmodsecurity3 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodsecurity3 on Debian 12.
What is libmodsecurity3
libmodsecurity3 is:
Libmodsecurity is one component of the ModSecurity v3 project. The library codebase serves as an interface to ModSecurity Connectors taking in web traffic and applying traditional ModSecurity processing. In general, it provides the capability to load/interpret rules written in the ModSecurity SecRules format and apply them to HTTP content provided by your application via Connectors.
There are three methods to install libmodsecurity3 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmodsecurity3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmodsecurity3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmodsecurity3
Install libmodsecurity3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmodsecurity3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmodsecurity3
Install libmodsecurity3 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 libmodsecurity3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmodsecurity3
How To Uninstall libmodsecurity3 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libmodsecurity3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmodsecurity3
Uninstall libmodsecurity3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmodsecurity3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmodsecurity3
Remove libmodsecurity3 Configurations and Data
To remove libmodsecurity3 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmodsecurity3
Remove libmodsecurity3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmodsecurity3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmodsecurity3
Dependencies
libmodsecurity3 have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcurl3-gnutls
- libfuzzy2
- libgcc-s1
- libgeoip1
- liblua5.3-0
- libmaxminddb0
- libpcre2-8-0
- libstdc++6
- libxml2
- libyajl2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodsecurity3 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
