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

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

chkrootkit software package provides rootkit detector, 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 chkrootkit 

chkrootkit is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep chkrootkit *

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

chkrootkit package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Miscellaneous
Package chkrootkit
Version 0.49-4.1ubuntu1.14.04.1 [amd64
Description rootkit detector
Sub Section misc


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