How To Install nfacct on Debian 10

Learn how to install nfacct on Debian 10 with this tutorial. nfacct is netfilter accounting object tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfacct on Debian 10.

What is nfacct

nfacct is:

This is the command line tool to create/retrieve/delete netfilter accounting objects.

Requires Linux kernel 3.3+ nfnetlink_acct subsystem.

There are three methods to install nfacct 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 nfacct Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nfacct

Install nfacct Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nfacct using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nfacct

Install nfacct 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 nfacct using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nfacct

How To Uninstall nfacct on Debian 10

To uninstall only the nfacct package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nfacct

Uninstall nfacct And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nfacct

Remove nfacct Configurations and Data

To remove nfacct configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nfacct

Remove nfacct configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nfacct

Dependencies

nfacct have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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