How To Install libusbguard0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libusbguard0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libusbguard0
libusbguard0 is:
The USBGuard software framework helps to protect your computer against rogue USB devices (a.k.a. BadUSB) by implementing basic whitelisting and blacklisting capabilities based on device attributes.
This package contains the shared library
There are three methods to install libusbguard0 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 libusbguard0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libusbguard0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libusbguard0
Install libusbguard0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libusbguard0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libusbguard0
Install libusbguard0 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 libusbguard0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libusbguard0
How To Uninstall libusbguard0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libusbguard0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libusbguard0
Uninstall libusbguard0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libusbguard0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libusbguard0
Remove libusbguard0 Configurations and Data
To remove libusbguard0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libusbguard0
Remove libusbguard0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libusbguard0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libusbguard0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libusbguard0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
