How to Install and Uninstall auditd Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "auditd" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install auditd on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall auditd on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: auditd
Source: audit
Version: 1:3.0-2
Installed-Size: 730
Maintainer: Laurent Bigonville
Architecture: amd64
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), mawk | gawk, libaudit1 (>= 1:3.0), libauparse0 (>= 1:2.8), libc6 (>= 2.17), 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_3.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 214140
MD5sum: 21e5fc67ddf7cf7ea8e043c9ac441941
SHA256: 6ed61c28319e5b798dd1ff74ef1fdf98e0f30f71358e926f8c96d58a8ff0800f