How To Install fprobe-ng on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fprobe-ng on Debian 9.
What is fprobe-ng
fprobe-ng is:
This program is a libpcap-based utility which collects network traffic and emits it as NetFlow towards a specified collector.
This is a meta package that depends on fprobe.
There are three methods to install fprobe-ng on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fprobe-ng Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fprobe-ng using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fprobe-ng
Install fprobe-ng Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fprobe-ng using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fprobe-ng
Install fprobe-ng 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fprobe-ng using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fprobe-ng
How To Uninstall fprobe-ng on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fprobe-ng package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fprobe-ng
Uninstall fprobe-ng And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fprobe-ng and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fprobe-ng
Remove fprobe-ng Configurations and Data
To remove fprobe-ng configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fprobe-ng
Remove fprobe-ng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fprobe-ng configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fprobe-ng
Dependencies
fprobe-ng have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fprobe-ng package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.