Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ippl on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ippl
ippl is:
writes information about incoming ICMP messages, TCP connections and
UDP datagrams to syslog.
It is highly configurable and has a built-in DNS cache.
Please note that upstream is rather inactive lately (no release since
2001), and that there are some rather nasty bugs.
An incomplete list of the bugs includes:
- random packets don’t get logged sometimes
- stops logging at all after some weeks
- ipv6 never got implemented
- documentation is out of sync.
Trying to fix these bugs is not easy. Please do not expect the Debian
maintainer to do this, but patches are appreciated.
Please consider using a fully-grown intrusion detection system (like
snort) instead of ippl.
There are three methods to install ippl on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ippl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ippl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ippl
Install ippl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ippl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ippl
Install ippl Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ippl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ippl
How To Uninstall ippl on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ippl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ippl
Uninstall ippl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ippl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ippl
Remove ippl Configurations and Data
To remove ippl configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ippl
Remove ippl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ippl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ippl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ippl package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
