How To Install ssg-debderived on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssg-debderived on Ubuntu 18.04. ssg-debderived is SCAP Guides and benchmarks targeting Debian-based OS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssg-debderived on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ssg-debderived

ssg-debderived is:

This package contains all the SCAP guides for deb-based distributions such as Ubuntu Trusty or Xenial. This package contains all the SCAP guides, benchmarks and remediation files. Remediation files are Shell-based, Ansible-based and Puppet-based depending on the target infrastructure deployment policy.

SCAP (Security Content Automation Protocol) is a set of standards used in order to automatically manage vulnerabilities and policy compliance evaluation on a complete deployed infrastructure. SSG provides various official policies such as PCI-DSS, NIST SP-800-53 or ANSSI best practices as official policies.

There are three methods to install ssg-debderived 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 ssg-debderived Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ssg-debderived

Install ssg-debderived Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ssg-debderived

Install ssg-debderived 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 ssg-debderived using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ssg-debderived

How To Uninstall ssg-debderived on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ssg-debderived package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ssg-debderived

Uninstall ssg-debderived And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ssg-debderived and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssg-debderived

Remove ssg-debderived Configurations and Data

To remove ssg-debderived configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ssg-debderived

Remove ssg-debderived configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssg-debderived

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssg-debderived package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.