How To Install nfdump-flow-tools on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfdump-flow-tools on Debian 9. nfdump-flow-tools is import from flow-tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfdump-flow-tools on Debian 9.

What is nfdump-flow-tools

nfdump-flow-tools is:

Imports flows generated by flow-tools to nfdump format.

There are three methods to install nfdump-flow-tools 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 nfdump-flow-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nfdump-flow-tools

Install nfdump-flow-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nfdump-flow-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nfdump-flow-tools

Install nfdump-flow-tools 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 nfdump-flow-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nfdump-flow-tools

How To Uninstall nfdump-flow-tools on Debian 9

To uninstall only the nfdump-flow-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nfdump-flow-tools

Uninstall nfdump-flow-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nfdump-flow-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nfdump-flow-tools

Remove nfdump-flow-tools Configurations and Data

To remove nfdump-flow-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nfdump-flow-tools

Remove nfdump-flow-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nfdump-flow-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nfdump-flow-tools

Dependencies

nfdump-flow-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nfdump-flow-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.