How to Install and Uninstall checksecurity Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "checksecurity" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install checksecurity on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall checksecurity on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: checksecurity
Architecture: all
Version: 2.0.16+nmu4ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 76
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+nmu4ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 20788
MD5sum: 26483990a9ef4b6abcd72400eaf7dd72
SHA1: d70ab4e5baf9c0bca21b94ee87fc5d78fc16246f
SHA256: a13b6d5b52766cbc7ec5058ab2aa547fd39687374e2fd46312ba05b4d3e17cfb
SHA512: 9ddce25bffc3538084974ff2157f648d9b3deb1e16d2f526e7407bffdbd19c2f4e67b821d9fef015edb0f1fcdac3835413f57b463382e49ea667fe64790596c5
Description: basic system security checks
Description-md5: 81ea96b9f33049c4587fcadd8e3ec385