How To Install ssg-debian on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssg-debian on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ssg-debian
ssg-debian is:
This package contains all the SCAP guides, benchmarks and remediation files for Debian Jessie. 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-debian 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-debian 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-debian using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ssg-debian
Install ssg-debian Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ssg-debian using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ssg-debian
Install ssg-debian 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-debian using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ssg-debian
How To Uninstall ssg-debian on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ssg-debian package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ssg-debian
Uninstall ssg-debian And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ssg-debian and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssg-debian
Remove ssg-debian Configurations and Data
To remove ssg-debian configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ssg-debian
Remove ssg-debian configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ssg-debian configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssg-debian
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ssg-debian package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
