How to Install and Uninstall auditd Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 18,2024

You can also install and uninstall the auditd on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "auditd" package

Please follow the guidance below to install auditd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall auditd on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: auditd
Source: audit
Version: 1:3.0.9-1
Installed-Size: 745
Maintainer: Laurent Bigonville
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libaudit1 (= 1:3.0.9-1), libauparse0 (= 1:3.0.9-1), mawk | gawk, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap-ng0 (>= 0.7.9), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Suggests: audispd-plugins
Breaks: audispd-plugins (<< 1:3.0~)
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_3.0.9-1_amd64.deb
Size: 217588
MD5sum: ce6c1591ec98c9b520eb403bd5d969b9
SHA256: 0d5a20ad6a0348a183fa3f2b58aff06ecd0e475cd9322c8bd4443db3e6454cd1