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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "paxctld" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install paxctld on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: paxctld
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 46
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.1-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7)
Filename: pool/universe/p/paxctld/paxctld_1.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 10614
MD5sum: ac8afda80673ab208f0fdcf62a9b882b
SHA1: 7cc828861f1019ba64936e60805c69bcc63d454d
SHA256: 0c94ef904ea2d0fe375e32d6c3e5905df667d51e8b81675eab660fa9a073b7c3
Description-en: Daemon to automatically set appropriate PaX flags
paxctld automatically sets appropriate PaX flags on binaries on the system
using user extended attributes. The flags are maintained across any
updates made to the binaries listed in the paxctld configuration file.
Description-md5: 8dfe4f13d53217bbead62afec32d0226
Homepage: https://grsecurity.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu