Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apparmor on Kali Linux.
What is apparmor
apparmor is:
apparmor provides the system initialization scripts needed to use the
AppArmor Mandatory Access Control system, including the AppArmor Parser
which is required to convert AppArmor text profiles into machine-readable
policies that are loaded into the kernel for use with the AppArmor Linux
Security Module.
There are three methods to install apparmor on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install apparmor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install apparmor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apparmorInstall apparmor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apparmor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apparmorInstall apparmor Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install apparmor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apparmor
How To Uninstall apparmor on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the apparmor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apparmorUninstall apparmor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apparmor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apparmorRemove apparmor Configurations and Data
To remove apparmor configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apparmorRemove apparmor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apparmor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apparmorDependencies
apparmor have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apparmor package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
