How To Install conntrackd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is conntrackd

conntrackd is:

Conntrackd can replicate the status of the connections that are currently being processed by your stateful firewall based on Linux. Conntrackd can also run as statistics daemon.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install conntrackd

Install conntrackd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install conntrackd

Install conntrackd 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 conntrackd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install conntrackd

How To Uninstall conntrackd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove conntrackd

Uninstall conntrackd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove conntrackd

Remove conntrackd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge conntrackd

Remove conntrackd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge conntrackd

Dependencies

conntrackd have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libmnl0
• libnetfilter-conntrack3
• libnetfilter-cthelper0
• libnetfilter-queue1
• libnfnetlink0
• libsystemd0

References

• conntrackd website

Summary

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