How To Install gradm2 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gradm2 on Kali Linux. gradm2 is Administration program for the grsecurity2 RBAC based ACL system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gradm2 on Kali Linux.

What is gradm2

gradm2 is:

Used to manage the RBAC based ACL system of grsecurity2. Please note that you will need a specially patched kernel for grsecurity to work (see the kernel-patch-grsecurity2 Debian package). You can find more information about grsecurity at http://www.grsecurity.net/

There are three methods to install gradm2 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gradm2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gradm2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gradm2

Install gradm2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gradm2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gradm2

Install gradm2 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gradm2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gradm2

How To Uninstall gradm2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gradm2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gradm2

Uninstall gradm2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gradm2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gradm2

Remove gradm2 Configurations and Data

To remove gradm2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gradm2

Remove gradm2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gradm2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gradm2

Dependencies

gradm2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gradm2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.