How To Install ifenslave on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ifenslave

ifenslave is:

This is a tool to attach and detach slave network interfaces to a bonding device. A bonding device will act like a normal Ethernet network device to the kernel, but will send out the packets via the slave devices using a simple round-robin scheduler. This allows for simple load-balancing, identical to “channel bonding” or “trunking” techniques used in switches.

The kernel must have support for bonding devices for ifenslave to be useful. This package supports 2.6.x kernels and the recent 3.x.x kernels.

There are three methods to install ifenslave 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 ifenslave Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ifenslave using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ifenslave

Install ifenslave Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ifenslave using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ifenslave

Install ifenslave 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 ifenslave using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ifenslave

How To Uninstall ifenslave on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ifenslave package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ifenslave

Uninstall ifenslave And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ifenslave and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ifenslave

Remove ifenslave Configurations and Data

To remove ifenslave configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ifenslave

Remove ifenslave configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ifenslave configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ifenslave

Dependencies

ifenslave have the following dependencies:

• ifupdown
• iproute2

References

• ifenslave website

Summary

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