How to Install and Uninstall auditd Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "auditd" package

Learn how to install auditd on Kali Linux


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall auditd on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: auditd
Source: audit
Version: 1:3.1.2-2
Installed-Size: 767
Maintainer: Laurent Bigonville
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libaudit1 (= 1:3.1.2-2), libauparse0 (= 1:3.1.2-2), 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~)
Size: 220152
SHA256: 2830458af4ce68aa8746aaf2c5cc35e2e1094c26070bbe1f082247feb1e558b5
SHA1: 4fc0cdbbcce62f8fef3dce4168034132c05f87a1
MD5sum: 2ce501a898850cecbd3e6ee31aa6cb46
Description: User space tools for security auditing
The audit package contains the user space utilities for
storing and searching the audit records generated by
the audit subsystem in the Linux 2.6 kernel.
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Also contains the audit dispatcher "audisp".
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/
Tag: role::program, use::monitor
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/audit/auditd_3.1.2-2_amd64.deb