How To Install setpriv on Debian 9
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
.