How To Install libopenvas9 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenvas9
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libopenvas9
libopenvas9 is:
The Open Vulnerability Assessment System is a modular security auditing tool, used for testing remote systems for vulnerabilities that should be fixed.
It is made up of two parts: a server, and a client. The server/daemon, openvasd, is in charge of the attacks, whereas the client, OpenVAS-Client, provides an X11/GTK+ user interface.
This package contains the required shared libraries.
There are three methods to install libopenvas9
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libopenvas9 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenvas9
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenvas9
Install libopenvas9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenvas9
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenvas9
Install libopenvas9 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 libopenvas9
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenvas9
How To Uninstall libopenvas9 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libopenvas9
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenvas9
Uninstall libopenvas9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenvas9
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenvas9
Remove libopenvas9 Configurations and Data
To remove libopenvas9
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenvas9
Remove libopenvas9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenvas9
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenvas9
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenvas9
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.