How To Install malcontent on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install malcontent on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is malcontent
malcontent is:
malcontent implements support for restricting the type of content accessible to non-administrator accounts on a Linux system. Typically, when this is used, a non-administrator account will be for a child using the system; and the administrator accounts will be for the parents; and the content being filtered will be apps which are not suitable for the child to use, due to (for example) being too violent.
This is not a security boundary, and a sufficiently technically advanced user may always work around these parental controls. malcontent is not a mandatory access control (MAC) system like AppArmor or SELinux. However, its correct use by applications should provide enough of an obstacle to prevent users easily or accidentally having access to content which they shouldn’t.
There are three methods to install malcontent on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install malcontent Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install malcontent using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install malcontent
Install malcontent Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install malcontent using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install malcontent
Install malcontent 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 malcontent using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install malcontent
How To Uninstall malcontent on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the malcontent package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove malcontent
Uninstall malcontent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall malcontent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove malcontent
Remove malcontent Configurations and Data
To remove malcontent configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge malcontent
Remove malcontent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove malcontent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge malcontent
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install malcontent package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
