On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:02:48 +0100
Alessandro Vesely via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
> On Mon 23/Feb/2026 12:28:38 +0100 altoid via Dng wrote:
> > I*do not* appreciate that my Linux (Devuan) installation runs EVM,
> > SELinux, AppArmor and whatever other "security" application the
> > packager (or whoever decides) fancies without my knowledge, approval
> > or possibility of effectively opting out.
>
>
> Agreed, there should be a simple way to answer 'No' to a question like "Do you want AppArmor?"
>
> I did uninstall apparmor. However, now, after some dist-upgrades I still have it:
> +++-==============-============-============-======================================
> ii apparmor 4.1.0-1 amd64 user-space parser utility for AppArmor
>
> What seems to stay is setting /etc/default/grub:
>
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="apparmor=0"
> GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="apparmor=0"
>
>
> In fact I have it twice:
>
> root@pcale:~# cat /proc/cmdline
> BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.12.73+deb13-amd64 root=UUID=bee80f86-f51e-48ee-a8a1-2bca43cad210 ro apparmor=0 apparmor=0
>
>
> Best
> Ale
Hi
and pinning it in /etc/apt/preferences.d/apparmor
Package: apparmor*
Pin: Release n=*
Pin-Priority: -1
To avoid it being reinstalled.
Ciao,
Tito
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