How To Install labrea on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install labrea
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is labrea
labrea is:
LaBrea takes over unused IP addresses, and creates virtual servers that are attractive to worms, crackers, and other denizens of the Internet.
The program answers connection attempts in such a way that the machine at the other end gets “stuck”, sometimes for a very long time.
There are three methods to install labrea
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install labrea Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install labrea
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install labrea
Install labrea Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install labrea
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install labrea
Install labrea 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install labrea
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install labrea
How To Uninstall labrea on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the labrea
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove labrea
Uninstall labrea And Its Dependencies
To uninstall labrea
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove labrea
Remove labrea Configurations and Data
To remove labrea
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge labrea
Remove labrea configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove labrea
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge labrea
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install labrea
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.