How to Install and Uninstall pax-utils Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "pax-utils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install pax-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                pax-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "pax-utils" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall pax-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: pax-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.9-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tomasz Buchert
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 290
Depends: binutils, libc6 (>= 2.33), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10)
Suggests: paxctl
Filename: pool/universe/p/pax-utils/pax-utils_1.2.9-1_amd64.deb
Size: 81604
MD5sum: 2c8d5cec49a8cf748bd97e7decf091e9
SHA1: 116033271fcfc39cf057a1a853e540d21943e5d8
SHA256: 2c1043087e017e01fdafc0262c40c39f32af7e46099d3d2dc11fdde0b7ab88a9
SHA512: f5772081b1a5e3c0bdfda04c8fd78514bb748894d82cfa5d61e10a70d43633e6306bf353853fde89a6881965d9dcb0f37545534b0484eb2eb322fb8ff9722f65
Homepage: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Hardened/PaX_Utilities
Description-en: Security-focused ELF files checking tool
This is a small set of various PaX aware and related utilities for ELF
binaries. It can check ELF binary files and running processes for
issues that might be relevant when using ELF binaries along with PaX,
such as non-PIC code or executable stack and heap.
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This package installs: dumpelf, lddtree, pspax, scanelf, scanmacho
and symtree.
Description-md5: d71b978a17d13187f2f09bb9f71446a7