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

Last updated: May 02,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "chkboot" package

Please follow the instructions below to install chkboot on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall chkboot on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: chkboot
Version: 1.3-8.1
Installed-Size: 51
Maintainer: Baptiste Beauplat
Architecture: all
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Suggests: zenity, x11-utils
Description: detection of malicious changes for boot files
Description-md5: cfa9f8ad81eb8c6f57b408d11439d3e4
Homepage: https://github.com/grazzolini/chkboot
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/chkboot/chkboot_1.3-8.1_all.deb
Size: 11468
MD5sum: 094ef74deec20bb468c8622194350d53
SHA256: 2e08488999f54cc966b44d25297233933a54d5ccf766e619a9a941fe55ed8bb9