How To Install conntrackd on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install conntrackd
on Kali Linux.
What is conntrackd
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 ways 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 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install conntrackd
using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.