How To Install flow-tools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flow-tools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is flow-tools-dev
flow-tools-dev is:
Flow-tools is library and a collection of programs used to collect, send, process, and generate reports from NetFlow data. The tools can be used together on a single server or distributed to multiple servers for large deployments. The flow-tools library provides an API for development of custom applications for NetFlow export versions 1,5,6 and the 14 currently defined version 8 subversions. A Perl and Python interface have been contributed and are included in the package.
This package contains the flow-tools libraries and headers.
There are three methods to install flow-tools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install flow-tools-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install flow-tools-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flow-tools-dev
Install flow-tools-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flow-tools-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flow-tools-dev
Install flow-tools-dev 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install flow-tools-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flow-tools-dev
How To Uninstall flow-tools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the flow-tools-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flow-tools-dev
Uninstall flow-tools-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flow-tools-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flow-tools-dev
Remove flow-tools-dev Configurations and Data
To remove flow-tools-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flow-tools-dev
Remove flow-tools-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flow-tools-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flow-tools-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flow-tools-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
