How To Install ebtables on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ebtables

ebtables is:

Ebtables is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of Ethernet frame rules in the Linux kernel. It is analogous to iptables, but operates at the MAC layer rather than the IP layer.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ebtables

Install ebtables Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ebtables

Install ebtables 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 ebtables using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ebtables

How To Uninstall ebtables on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ebtables

Uninstall ebtables And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ebtables

Remove ebtables Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ebtables

Remove ebtables configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ebtables

Dependencies

ebtables have the following dependencies:

• netbase
• libc6

References

• ebtables website

Summary

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