How To Install usbguard on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbguard
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 allow- and blocklisting capabilities based on device attributes.
There are three methods to install usbguard
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbguard
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.