How To Install nfacct on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfacct
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nfacct
Remove nfacct Configurations and Data
To remove nfacct
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nfacct
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.