How To Install filtergen on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is filtergen

filtergen is:

filtergen is a packet filter generator. It compiles a fairly high-level description language into iptables, ipchains, or ipfilter scripts (and has bits of support for Cisco IOS access lists).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install filtergen

Install filtergen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install filtergen

Install filtergen 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 filtergen using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install filtergen

How To Uninstall filtergen on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove filtergen

Uninstall filtergen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove filtergen

Remove filtergen Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge filtergen

Remove filtergen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge filtergen

Dependencies

filtergen have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• filtergen website

Summary

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