How To Install softflowd on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install softflowd on Debian 9. softflowd is Flow-based network traffic analyser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install softflowd on Debian 9.

What is softflowd

softflowd is:

Softflowd is a flow-based network traffic anaylser capable of Cisco Netflow data export. Softflowd semi-statefully tracks traffic flows recorded by listening on a network interface or by reading a packet capture file. These flows may be reported via NetFlow to a collecting host or summarised within softflowd itself.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install softflowd

Install softflowd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install softflowd

Install softflowd 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 softflowd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install softflowd

How To Uninstall softflowd on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove softflowd

Uninstall softflowd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove softflowd

Remove softflowd Configurations and Data

To remove softflowd configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge softflowd

Remove softflowd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge softflowd

Dependencies

softflowd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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