How to Install lynis software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install lynis software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

lynis software package provides security auditing tool for Unix based systems, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install lynis 

lynis is installed in your system.

Make ensure the lynis package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep lynis *

You will get with lynis package name, version, architecture and description in a table

lynis package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package lynis
Version 1.3.9-1
Description security auditing tool for Unix based systems
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove lynis software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?