How To Install openscap-daemon on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openscap-daemon on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is openscap-daemon
openscap-daemon is:
This service is a daemon that allows periodic compliance scans of a complete infrastructure, supporting local checks, remote checks, VM or Docker checks. The daemon is associated with a CLI allowing easy configuration of targets and security profiles to evaluate and easy results and reports management
There are three methods to install openscap-daemon 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 openscap-daemon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openscap-daemon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openscap-daemon
Install openscap-daemon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openscap-daemon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openscap-daemon
Install openscap-daemon 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 openscap-daemon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openscap-daemon
How To Uninstall openscap-daemon on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the openscap-daemon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openscap-daemon
Uninstall openscap-daemon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openscap-daemon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openscap-daemon
Remove openscap-daemon Configurations and Data
To remove openscap-daemon configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openscap-daemon
Remove openscap-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openscap-daemon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openscap-daemon
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openscap-daemon package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
