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