How To Install usbguard on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbguard on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is usbguard
usbguard is:
The USBGuard software framework helps to protect your computer against rogue USB devices (a.k.a. BadUSB) by implementing basic whitelisting and blacklisting capabilities based on device attributes.
There are three methods to install usbguard 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 usbguard Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install usbguard using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install usbguard
Install usbguard Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install usbguard using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install usbguard
Install usbguard 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 usbguard using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install usbguard
How To Uninstall usbguard on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the usbguard package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove usbguard
Uninstall usbguard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall usbguard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove usbguard
Remove usbguard Configurations and Data
To remove usbguard configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge usbguard
Remove usbguard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove usbguard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usbguard
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbguard package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
