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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "rkhunter" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install rkhunter on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall rkhunter on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: rkhunter
Version: 1.4.6-5
Installed-Size: 1081
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Architecture: all
Depends: binutils, file, lsof, net-tools, ucf (>= 0.28), perl:any
Pre-Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: bsd-mailx | mailutils | s-nail | mailx, default-mta | mail-transport-agent, e2fsprogs, iproute2, unhide, unhide.rb, wget | curl
Suggests: liburi-perl, libwww-perl, powermgmt-base
Description: rootkit, backdoor, sniffer and exploit scanner
Description-md5: 7a6d48ddb1caefe15280ce7ca3d33e31
Homepage: http://rkhunter.sourceforge.net
Tag: implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, security::ids, security::integrity, use::checking,
use::scanning
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rkhunter/rkhunter_1.4.6-5_all.deb
Size: 255760
MD5sum: 9633aa7cfb0f06d93be7f89a242ca3ea
SHA256: 648cef3e258bca97603e65a13dcca93fff6d95ea42a47fb0b089aacee693fa87