How To Install libnids1.21 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnids1.21
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libnids1.21
libnids1.21 is:
Libnids is a library that provides the functionality of one of the NIDS (Network Intrusion Detection System) components, namely E-component. Libnids code watches all local network traffic, cooks received datagrams a bit, and provides convenient information about them to the NIDS analyzing modules. Libnids performs assembly of TCP segments into TCP streams, IP defragmentation, and TCP port scan detection.
There are three methods to install libnids1.21
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnids1.21 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnids1.21
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnids1.21
Install libnids1.21 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnids1.21
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnids1.21
Install libnids1.21 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 libnids1.21
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnids1.21
How To Uninstall libnids1.21 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libnids1.21
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnids1.21
Uninstall libnids1.21 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnids1.21
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnids1.21
Remove libnids1.21 Configurations and Data
To remove libnids1.21
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnids1.21
Remove libnids1.21 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnids1.21
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnids1.21
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnids1.21
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.