How To Install fireqos on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fireqos on Kali Linux. fireqos is easy to use but powerful traffic shaping tool (program)

Introduction

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

What is fireqos

fireqos is:

FireQOS generates generic traffic shapers with an extremely simple but powerful configuration language based on bash, enabling you to design any kind of traffic shaping with ease.

FireQOS is the traffic shaper counterpart of the FireHOL firewall; both FireHOL and FireQOS support IPv4 and IPv6.

This package provides the traffic shaping tool program.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fireqos

Install fireqos Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fireqos

Install fireqos 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 fireqos using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fireqos

How To Uninstall fireqos on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fireqos

Uninstall fireqos And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fireqos

Remove fireqos Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fireqos

Remove fireqos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fireqos

Dependencies

fireqos have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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