How To Install gvm on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gvm on Ubuntu.
What is gvm
gvm is:
The Greenbone Vulnerability Manager is a modular security auditing tool, used for testing remote systems for vulnerabilities that should be fixed.
This package installs all the required packages. It provides scripts to setup, start and stop the GVM services.
The tool was previously named OpenVAS.
There are three methods to install gvm on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gvm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gvm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gvm
Install gvm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gvm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gvm
Install gvm 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 gvm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gvm
How To Uninstall gvm on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gvm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gvm
Uninstall gvm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gvm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gvm
Remove gvm Configurations and Data
To remove gvm configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gvm
Remove gvm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gvm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gvm
Dependencies
gvm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gvm package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.