How To Install fwanalog on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fwanalog on Kali Linux.
What is fwanalog
fwanalog is:
fwanalog is a shell script that parses and summarizes firewall logfiles. It is able to work on firewall logs from ipchains (Linux 2.2), iptables (Linux 2.4), ipf (OpenBSD, FreeBSD and NetBSD) and some ZyXEL/NetGear routers.
It uses analog to generate the log-files, which includes daily statistics and such, and is both formatted in html and text (for online perusing, and a daily email, for instance).
There are three methods to install fwanalog 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 fwanalog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fwanalog using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fwanalogInstall fwanalog Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fwanalog using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fwanalogInstall fwanalog 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install fwanalog using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fwanalogHow To Uninstall fwanalog on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the fwanalog package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fwanalogUninstall fwanalog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fwanalog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwanalogRemove fwanalog Configurations and Data
To remove fwanalog configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fwanalogRemove fwanalog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fwanalog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fwanalogDependencies
fwanalog have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fwanalog package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
