How To Install bro-common on Debian 10

Learn how to install bro-common on Debian 10 with this tutorial. bro-common is passive network traffic analyzer – architecture-independent parts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bro-common on Debian 10.

What is bro-common

bro-common is:

This package contains the architecture-independent parts for the Bro network security monitor.

There are three methods to install bro-common on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bro-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bro-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bro-common

Install bro-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bro-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bro-common

Install bro-common 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install bro-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bro-common

How To Uninstall bro-common on Debian 10

To uninstall only the bro-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bro-common

Uninstall bro-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bro-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bro-common

Remove bro-common Configurations and Data

To remove bro-common configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bro-common

Remove bro-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bro-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bro-common

Dependencies

bro-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bro-common package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.