How To Install libvdeplug-pcap on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdeplug-pcap on Kali Linux.
What is libvdeplug-pcap
libvdeplug-pcap is:
This libvdeplug module interconnects a client to an interface using the packet capture library (pcap). All the data that is received by this plug is injected into interface and everything captured from that interface is sent to the client.
Please notice that the pcap library captures and injects packets on the net, packets sent by the host are not captured, injected packets are not received by the host. So several clients using libvdeplug_pcap on the same interface of the same host do not communicate among them (nor they communicate with the host).
There are three methods to install libvdeplug-pcap 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 libvdeplug-pcap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libvdeplug-pcap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvdeplug-pcapInstall libvdeplug-pcap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libvdeplug-pcap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvdeplug-pcapInstall libvdeplug-pcap 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libvdeplug-pcap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvdeplug-pcapHow To Uninstall libvdeplug-pcap on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libvdeplug-pcap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvdeplug-pcapUninstall libvdeplug-pcap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvdeplug-pcap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvdeplug-pcapRemove libvdeplug-pcap Configurations and Data
To remove libvdeplug-pcap configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvdeplug-pcapRemove libvdeplug-pcap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvdeplug-pcap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvdeplug-pcapDependencies
libvdeplug-pcap have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvdeplug-pcap package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
