How To Install libnflog-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnflog-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libnflog-perl
libnflog-perl is:
nflog-bindings is a set of high-level modules for several languages (Python and Perl, for the moment), for libnetfilter_log. It provides a userspace API to access packets that have been queued by the kernel packet filter using the NFLOG target.
This package contains the Perl bindings for nflog.
There are three methods to install libnflog-perl 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 libnflog-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnflog-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnflog-perl
Install libnflog-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnflog-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnflog-perl
Install libnflog-perl 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 libnflog-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnflog-perl
How To Uninstall libnflog-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libnflog-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnflog-perl
Uninstall libnflog-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnflog-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnflog-perl
Remove libnflog-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libnflog-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnflog-perl
Remove libnflog-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnflog-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnflog-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnflog-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
