How to Install and Uninstall sshguard Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "sshguard" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install sshguard on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall sshguard on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                sshguard
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sshguard package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: sshguard
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Julián Moreno Patiño
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2433
Depends: iptables, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/s/sshguard/sshguard_1.7.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 363848
MD5sum: 97e57808eb9126554fe8d1307898c323
SHA1: aee92e73ad9fa05d6690997009fba670f5157556
SHA256: 391ff9795c665c971c956c115300e658796d0dd3adbcddc83971e5d2a897be4b
Homepage: http://sshguard.sourceforge.net
Description: Protects from brute force attacks against ssh
Description-md5: 3d17c43db76da983ea8c43bbdf677074