How To Install setpriv on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install setpriv on Debian 9. setpriv is tool to run a program with different Linux privilege settings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install setpriv on Debian 9.

What is setpriv

setpriv is:

This package provides the setpriv command which allows the user to set or query various Linux privilege settings that are inherited across execve.

There are three methods to install setpriv on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install setpriv Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install setpriv

Install setpriv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install setpriv

Install setpriv 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 setpriv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install setpriv

How To Uninstall setpriv on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove setpriv

Uninstall setpriv And Its Dependencies

To uninstall setpriv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove setpriv

Remove setpriv Configurations and Data

To remove setpriv configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge setpriv

Remove setpriv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge setpriv

Dependencies

setpriv have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install setpriv package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.