How to Install and Uninstall compartment Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "compartment" package

This is a short guide on how to install compartment on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall compartment on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                compartment
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the compartment package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: compartment
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1.0-5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Peña
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 42
Filename: pool/universe/c/compartment/compartment_1.1.0-5_amd64.deb
Size: 13638
MD5sum: 3f3b56bc34190739ffd966f991575e16
SHA1: a94d0ddcce09bcf0041c7b200d12203f75855b58
SHA256: 446fd22836d7111e3768b3964532bce2705af13c181196c7c7ba654895c2f8e4
SHA512: a8a3cade830ed430beadd39c370992dffe36414b12dde10753d8b5e6a30298d55b78423caf81691ba9460d51718f9e5a6d2f4e8ef076778305fb1fd303c7487f
Homepage: http://www.baseline-security.de/downloads.html.en
Description-en: Confine services in a limited environment
Compartment was designed to allow safe execution of privileged and/or
untrusted executables and services. It can execute a process:
- Setting specific Linux capabilities
- Chrooting it to a certain location
- setting the user or group it will run with
- running a program before it is executed
These features can be used to minimize the risk of a trojanized or vulnerable
program/service.
Description-md5: e1ced2b571e02b8132229d9438f183d2