How to Install hardening-includes software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

How to Install hardening-includes software package in Debian 8 (Jessie)

hardening-includes software package provides Makefile for enabling compiler flags for security hardening, you can install in your Debian 8 (Jessie) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install hardening-includes 

hardening-includes is installed in your system.

Make ensure the hardening-includes package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hardening-includes *

You will get with hardening-includes package name, version, architecture and description in a table

hardening-includes package basic information:

Distro Debian 8 jessie
Section Development
Package hardening-includes
Version 2.6
Description Makefile for enabling compiler flags for security hardening
Sub Section Devel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove hardening-includes software package from Debian 8 (Jessie)?