How To Install debian-security-support on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debian-security-support
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is debian-security-support
debian-security-support is:
For some Debian packages, it is not feasible to maintain full security support for all use cases through the full distribution release cycle.
This package provides a program to identify installed packages for which support has had to be limited or prematurely ended, and to alert the administrator.
New versions of this package with updated checklists will be provided via standard and/or extended security support.
There are three methods to install debian-security-support
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 debian-security-support Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debian-security-support
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debian-security-support
Install debian-security-support Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debian-security-support
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debian-security-support
Install debian-security-support 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 debian-security-support
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debian-security-support
How To Uninstall debian-security-support on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the debian-security-support
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debian-security-support
Uninstall debian-security-support And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debian-security-support
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debian-security-support
Remove debian-security-support Configurations and Data
To remove debian-security-support
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debian-security-support
Remove debian-security-support configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debian-security-support
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debian-security-support
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debian-security-support
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.