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

Last updated: November 22,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "checksecurity" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install checksecurity on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall checksecurity on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                checksecurity
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the checksecurity package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: checksecurity
Version: 2.0.16+nmu3
Installed-Size: 83
Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Architecture: all
Replaces: cron
Depends: cron (>= 3.0pl1-74) | anacron | fcron, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, perl (>= 5.8.0), util-linux (>= 2.15~rc1-1)
Recommends: tiger, logcheck, tripwire | integrit | aide | samhain | fcheck, debsecan
Suggests: apt-watch | cron-apt, lockfile-progs
Conflicts: lockfile-progs (<< 0.1.7)
Description: basic system security checks
Description-md5: 81ea96b9f33049c4587fcadd8e3ec385
Tag: implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, security::ids, use::scanning
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/checksecurity/checksecurity_2.0.16+nmu3_all.deb
Size: 26668
MD5sum: 619c9150ac48a0a8393e7ae10e541d51
SHA256: 8ce708dc0f1d0d026f6d707a1e9d3a3a9014d42d8fea0bbf26a499b3781f6da5