How To Install mandos on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install mandos on Debian 11. mandos is server giving encrypted passwords to Mandos clients

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mandos on Debian 11.

What is `mandos`

mandos is:

This is the server part of the Mandos system, which allows computers to have encrypted root file systems and at the same time be capable of remote and/or unattended reboots.

The computers run a small client program in the initial RAM disk environment which will communicate with a server over a network. All network communication is encrypted using TLS. The clients are identified by the server using a TLS public key; each client has one unique to it. The server sends the clients an encrypted password. The encrypted password is decrypted by the clients using an OpenPGP key, and the password is then used to unlock the root file system, whereupon the computers can continue booting normally.

There are three methods to install mandos on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mandos Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mandos

Install mandos Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mandos

Install mandos 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 mandos using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mandos

How To Uninstall mandos on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove mandos

Uninstall mandos And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mandos and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mandos

Remove mandos Configurations and Data

To remove mandos configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mandos

Remove mandos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mandos

Dependencies

mandos have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mandos package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.