How To Install scanlogd on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scanlogd
on Debian 12.
What is scanlogd
scanlogd is:
Scanlogd is a TCP port scan detection tool, originally designed to illustrate various attacks an IDS developer has to deal with, for a Phrack Magazine article. Thus, unlike some of the other port scan detection tools out there, scanlogd is designed to be totally safe to use.
This release of scanlogd can be built with support for one of several packet capture interfaces. In addition to the raw socket interface on Linux (which does not require any libraries), scanlogd is now aware of libnids and libpcap.
Debian’s version of scanlogd has been configured to use the raw socket interface on Linux.
There are three methods to install scanlogd
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install scanlogd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scanlogd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scanlogd
Install scanlogd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scanlogd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scanlogd
Install scanlogd 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 scanlogd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scanlogd
How To Uninstall scanlogd on Debian 12
To uninstall only the scanlogd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scanlogd
Uninstall scanlogd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scanlogd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scanlogd
Remove scanlogd Configurations and Data
To remove scanlogd
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scanlogd
Remove scanlogd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scanlogd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scanlogd
Dependencies
scanlogd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scanlogd
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.