How To Install flowscan on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flowscan on Debian 9.
What is flowscan
flowscan is:
FlowScan is a freely-available network traffic analysis and visualization tool which uses IP flow data to provide a continuous near real-time view of a network’s IP traffic.
FlowScan is a tool to monitor and graph flow information from Cisco and Riverstone routers in near real-time. You can also use FlowScan with flow information generated by programs like fprobe.
There are three methods to install flowscan on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install flowscan Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install flowscan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flowscan
Install flowscan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flowscan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flowscan
Install flowscan 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 flowscan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flowscan
How To Uninstall flowscan on Debian 9
To uninstall only the flowscan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flowscan
Uninstall flowscan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flowscan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flowscan
Remove flowscan Configurations and Data
To remove flowscan configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flowscan
Remove flowscan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flowscan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flowscan
Dependencies
flowscan have the following dependencies:
- perl
- rrdtool
- librrds-perl
- libboulder-perl
- libnet-patricia-perl
- libconfigreader-perl
- libcflow-perl
- libhtml-table-perl
- flow-tools
- debconf
- ksh
- libperl4-corelibs-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flowscan package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
