How to Install and Uninstall auditd Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "auditd" package

This is a short guide on how to install auditd on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                auditd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "auditd" package

Learn how to uninstall auditd on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                auditd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the auditd package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: auditd
Source: audit
Version: 1:2.8.4-3
Installed-Size: 703
Maintainer: Laurent Bigonville
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), mawk | gawk, libaudit1 (>= 1:2.8), libauparse0 (>= 1:2.8), libc6 (>= 2.16), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~)
Suggests: audispd-plugins
Description: User space tools for security auditing
Description-md5: 77aaff86394a1a8da0659fa99413f455
Homepage: https://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/
Tag: role::program, use::monitor
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/audit/auditd_2.8.4-3_amd64.deb
Size: 219200
MD5sum: c1f6d587cab86a42d8b89afe96e83d9c
SHA256: 2ab1febc8b654762f4602fbe488b760fa75fa8b900ab70223b875cc76513e4f6