Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gradm2
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gradm2
gradm2 is:
Used to manage the RBAC based ACL system of grsecurity2. Please note that you
will need a specially patched kernel for grsecurity to work (see the
kernel-patch-grsecurity2 Debian package). You can find more information
about grsecurity at http://www.grsecurity.net/
There are three methods to install gradm2
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gradm2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gradm2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gradm2
Install gradm2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gradm2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gradm2
Install gradm2 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gradm2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gradm2
How To Uninstall gradm2 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gradm2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gradm2
Uninstall gradm2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gradm2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gradm2
Remove gradm2 Configurations and Data
To remove gradm2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gradm2
Remove gradm2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gradm2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gradm2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gradm2
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.