
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install softflowd
on Kali Linux.
What is softflowd
softflowd is:
Softflowd is a flow-based network traffic anaylser capable of Cisco
Netflow data export. Softflowd semi-statefully tracks traffic
flows recorded by listening on a network interface or by reading a
packet capture file. These flows may be reported via NetFlow to a
collecting host or summarised within softflowd itself.
There are three methods to install softflowd
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install softflowd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install softflowd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install softflowd
Install softflowd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install softflowd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install softflowd
Install softflowd Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install softflowd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install softflowd
How To Uninstall softflowd on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the softflowd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove softflowd
Uninstall softflowd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall softflowd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove softflowd
Remove softflowd Configurations and Data
To remove softflowd
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge softflowd
Remove softflowd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove softflowd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge softflowd
Dependencies
softflowd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install softflowd
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.
