How To Install fwanalog on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fwanalog on Debian 10.
What is fwanalog
fwanalog is:
fwanalog is a shell script that parses and summarizes firewall logfiles. It is able to work on firewall logs from ipchains (Linux 2.2), iptables (Linux 2.4), ipf (OpenBSD, FreeBSD and NetBSD) and some ZyXEL/NetGear routers.
It uses analog to generate the log-files, which includes daily statistics and such, and is both formatted in html and text (for online perusing, and a daily email, for instance).
There are three methods to install fwanalog on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fwanalog Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fwanalog using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fwanalog
Install fwanalog Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fwanalog using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fwanalog
Install fwanalog 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 fwanalog using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fwanalog
How To Uninstall fwanalog on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fwanalog package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fwanalog
Uninstall fwanalog And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fwanalog and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwanalog
Remove fwanalog Configurations and Data
To remove fwanalog configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fwanalog
Remove fwanalog configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fwanalog configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fwanalog
Dependencies
fwanalog have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fwanalog package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.