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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "usbguard" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install usbguard on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall usbguard on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: usbguard
Source: usbguard (1.1.2+ds-3)
Version: 1.1.2+ds-3+b1
Installed-Size: 561
Maintainer: Birger Schacht
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap-ng0 (>= 0.7.9), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.26.0), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99), libseccomp2 (>= 0.0.0~20120605), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libusbguard1 (>= 1.1.2+ds), dbus
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Description: USB device authorization policy framework
Description-md5: a6cec4108f73a10ab878fe530fbe674b
Homepage: https://usbguard.github.io/
Tag: hardware::usb, security::privacy
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/u/usbguard/usbguard_1.1.2+ds-3+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 169284
MD5sum: 9e03b60cd816430afe4dd1deb6199d72
SHA256: 3eadd822b4ecdcba8f4d4a224be23ad647b47fd7d1b971c1839bc8f5ad54b6fe