How To Install arpalert on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install arpalert on Debian 10.
What is arpalert
arpalert is:
The arpalert daemon is a security tool that listens on a network interface (without using ‘promiscuous’ mode) and catches all conversations of MAC address to IP request to alert of possibility of ARP spoofing attack.
It compares the mac addresses it detected with a pre-configured list of authorized MAC addresses. If the MAC is not in list, arpalert launches a pre-defined user script with the MAC address and IP address as parameters.
If you need to use a list of authorized MAC addresses, this package should suit your needs, otherwise arpwatch may be also fine.
There are three methods to install arpalert on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install arpalert Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install arpalert using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install arpalert
Install arpalert Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install arpalert using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install arpalert
Install arpalert 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 arpalert using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install arpalert
How To Uninstall arpalert on Debian 10
To uninstall only the arpalert package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove arpalert
Uninstall arpalert And Its Dependencies
To uninstall arpalert and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove arpalert
Remove arpalert Configurations and Data
To remove arpalert configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge arpalert
Remove arpalert configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove arpalert configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arpalert
Dependencies
arpalert have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install arpalert package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.