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

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "hexec" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install hexec on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall hexec on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: hexec
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 137
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: TANIGUCHI Takaki
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.2.1-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/h/hexec/hexec_0.2.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 26794
MD5sum: b07305871410834148bd4e6ffecdf9ac
SHA1: 79d02aedfe99cd6957f2521718f408288531aa59
SHA256: a6b381bfa65e905e17a631a867d692da8ec314cb54811c7c0dfb2d0e6d73a492
Description-en: Command line tool to hook into exec calls
hexec can be used to hook into exec system calls. It evaluates a user
defined expression against all hooked exec calls. This expression can
contain simple path checks (e.g. -path "*/name") and even complex bash
scripts.
Description-md5: c6b5d9dfd3dca63bc8964e2d53eba8d8
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/hexec/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu