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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "paxctl" package

Please follow the guidance below to install paxctl on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall paxctl on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: paxctl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9-1build1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 30
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7)
Filename: pool/universe/p/paxctl/paxctl_0.9-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 10848
MD5sum: b62f67a55b9e13d5b1cbbf750523af94
SHA1: df7f1f9e322d687d05251bb1efc15d0233765776
SHA256: 2ef3477ba3cf60670463a2cb0cf2855e554055ce3c9692ce4c60ff9258f0528d
SHA512: fffcc45d99bf8d505974968904a0579d41b186d1697fbc615b0bb0c3d954112347c8ce8787d2723542f54331a59683389ed67b769af4bfbac4f22a76ccad29c0
Homepage: http://pax.grsecurity.net/
Description-en: new PaX control program for using the PT_PAX_FLAGS marking
paxctl may be used to control PaX flags on a per-binary basis. PaX is a set
of kernel security patches to enhance a system's security. It is part of
grsecurity (linux-patch-grsecurity2), among others.
Description-md5: a0b4bcaf736a0206a04eb6db8534022b