How To Install fwlogwatch on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fwlogwatch on Debian 10.
What is fwlogwatch
fwlogwatch is:
fwlogwatch produces ipchains, netfilter/iptables, ipfilter, Cisco IOS and Cisco PIX log summary reports in text and HTML form and has a lot of options to find and display relevant patterns in connection attempts. With the data found it can also generate customizable incident reports from a template and send them to abuse contacts at offending sites or CERT coordination centers. Finally, it can also run as daemon and report anomalies or start countermeasures.
There are three methods to install fwlogwatch 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 fwlogwatch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fwlogwatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fwlogwatch
Install fwlogwatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fwlogwatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fwlogwatch
Install fwlogwatch 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 fwlogwatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fwlogwatch
How To Uninstall fwlogwatch on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fwlogwatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fwlogwatch
Uninstall fwlogwatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fwlogwatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwlogwatch
Remove fwlogwatch Configurations and Data
To remove fwlogwatch configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fwlogwatch
Remove fwlogwatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fwlogwatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fwlogwatch
Dependencies
fwlogwatch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fwlogwatch package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.