How to Install and Uninstall execstack Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "execstack" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install execstack on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall execstack on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                execstack
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the execstack package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: execstack
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.0.20131005-1.1
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: prelink
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Geoffrey Thomas
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 233
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libelf1 (>= 0.131), libselinux1 (>= 1.32)
Conflicts: prelink (<< 0.0.20090311-2)
Replaces: prelink
Filename: pool/universe/p/prelink/execstack_0.0.20131005-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 73912
MD5sum: f732d355cf5b9b9d4b0eb14183bd4c0e
SHA1: 6ebabbffc45a7217e1d670e3694468a842e75e46
SHA256: 3f15798bf35d180d32a11d130e77a40d63dd431bf711a4eb305efc45ae016d2e
SHA512: 9a3cbd1b281ab281946df03617b068c89031ac49f57d3ee31df98310a9e20a8c5886f49888bc78b2cae2b6010f8e3659ee64bbf1fdefb0d834e3ca544a8d9a7c
Description-en: ELF GNU_STACK program header editing utility
The execstack package contains a utility which modifies (or adds) the
GNU_STACK program header to ELF binaries, and allows changing the executable
flag.
Description-md5: b4977f65448ec7a7e1fca51450d83efb