How to Install and Uninstall paxctl Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 11,2025

You can also install and uninstall the paxctl on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "paxctl" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install paxctl on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "paxctl" package

Learn how to uninstall paxctl on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

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: new PaX control program for using the PT_PAX_FLAGS marking
Description-md5: a0b4bcaf736a0206a04eb6db8534022b