How To Install fwanalog on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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 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 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 fwanalog using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fwanalog

How To Uninstall fwanalog on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwanalog

Remove fwanalog Configurations and Data

To remove fwanalog configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• debconf
• perl
• analog
• mailutils
• adduser

References

• fwanalog website

Summary

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