How To Install bpfmon on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bpfmon on Kali Linux. bpfmon is traffic monitor for BPF expression/iptables rule

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bpfmon on Kali Linux.

What is bpfmon

bpfmon is:

While tcpdump shows what packets are going through the network, bpfmon will show how much in terms of bytes per second and packets per second in a nice pseudo-graphical terminal interface.

bpfmon also supports monitoring an iptables rule that is selected by command line option or selected from a menu.

There are three methods to install bpfmon on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bpfmon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bpfmon

Install bpfmon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bpfmon

Install bpfmon Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install bpfmon

How To Uninstall bpfmon on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bpfmon

Uninstall bpfmon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bpfmon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bpfmon

Remove bpfmon Configurations and Data

To remove bpfmon configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bpfmon

Remove bpfmon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bpfmon

Dependencies

bpfmon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bpfmon package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.