How To Install librsbac1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install librsbac1 on Ubuntu 18.04. librsbac1 is Rule Set Based Access Control administrative utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librsbac1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is librsbac1

librsbac1 is:

RSBAC (Rule Set Based Access Control) is a kernel patch which adds several mandatory access models to the Linux kernel. These models can be used to enhance the security of a Linux system.

This package contains the runtime shared library, used by all programs which interact with the RSBAC kernel code in one way or another.

There are three methods to install librsbac1 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 librsbac1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librsbac1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librsbac1

Install librsbac1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librsbac1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librsbac1

Install librsbac1 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 librsbac1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librsbac1

How To Uninstall librsbac1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the librsbac1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librsbac1

Uninstall librsbac1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librsbac1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librsbac1

Remove librsbac1 Configurations and Data

To remove librsbac1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librsbac1

Remove librsbac1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librsbac1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librsbac1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librsbac1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.