How to Install and Uninstall checksecurity Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "checksecurity" package

Please follow the instructions below to install checksecurity on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall checksecurity on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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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 Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: checksecurity
Architecture: all
Version: 2.0.16+nmu3ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 83
Depends: cron (>= 3.0pl1-74) | anacron | fcron, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, perl (>= 5.8.0), util-linux (>= 2.15~rc1-1)
Recommends: logcheck
Suggests: apt-watch | cron-apt, lockfile-progs, tiger, tripwire | integrit | aide | samhain | fcheck, debsecan
Conflicts: lockfile-progs (<< 0.1.7)
Replaces: cron
Filename: pool/main/c/checksecurity/checksecurity_2.0.16+nmu3ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 22304
MD5sum: 2cfeee9a3eb8dbbcf3c7a9bde9ee41c9
SHA1: 6217038f79da572605677348dd2998f613427c13
SHA256: 4fdfd4e9a733954acfcb10cf04c5777b6a816a9beb4ec2c54c1cb38872faca0f
SHA512: 0bb863be01bf23f00ab5b24d7384718ed441aaf8cbe0bf14f2cc1218604199d80a6e40ce8c95829ddf1921cf9c6b61eb1be4841f0df24fc900e1740ffcdbeaa5
Description: basic system security checks
Description-md5: 81ea96b9f33049c4587fcadd8e3ec385