How to Install and Uninstall auditd Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "auditd" package

Please follow the guidance below to install auditd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall auditd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                auditd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the auditd package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: auditd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2.1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: audit
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laurent Bigonville
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 611
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), mawk | gawk, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.4.2), libauparse0 (>= 1:2.3.1), libc6 (>= 2.16)
Suggests: audispd-plugins
Filename: pool/main/a/audit/auditd_2.4.5-1ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 192010
MD5sum: aa3efd6d9c426d84a2fcd81ce28b7a0b
SHA1: 5403fadbd768b81f2064536c943d293faab8bd78
SHA256: 0d2f9d0479331b86b599f3140656636c823ff734836d5d9359b329b961d66f45
SHA512: 816c88adb92a58ce9df2d009f225b943029a5b84e748307b3be538672511693cc202d7805ef336040c3dd04f00a3692d798dcce6c9ee216f94a3dcf156da3bdc
Homepage: http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/
Description-en: User space tools for security auditing
The audit package contains the user space utilities for
storing and searching the audit records generated by
the audit subsystem in the Linux 2.6 kernel.
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Also contains the audit dispatcher "audisp".
Description-md5: 77aaff86394a1a8da0659fa99413f455
Supported: 5y

Package: auditd
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 607
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laurent Bigonville
Architecture: amd64
Source: audit
Version: 1:2.4.5-1ubuntu2
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), mawk | gawk, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libaudit1 (>= 1:2.4.2), libauparse0 (>= 1:2.3.1), libc6 (>= 2.16)
Suggests: audispd-plugins
Filename: pool/main/a/audit/auditd_2.4.5-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 191386
MD5sum: 93588294a99401adb4e46a768c9bff83
SHA1: 4e6c9b3377af75763a187b45af4e4cc06e49945b
SHA256: 7e5f8ffce39b85336337b9559b77d24cf6d73ad304b2979d8dbaacb3f6a3aab1
Description-en: User space tools for security auditing
The audit package contains the user space utilities for
storing and searching the audit records generated by
the audit subsystem in the Linux 2.6 kernel.
.
Also contains the audit dispatcher "audisp".
Description-md5: 77aaff86394a1a8da0659fa99413f455
Homepage: http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m