How To Install lldpd on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lldpd
on Kali Linux.
What is lldpd
lldpd is:
LLDP is an industry standard protocol designed to supplant proprietary Link-Layer protocols such as Extreme’s EDP (Extreme Discovery Protocol) and CDP (Cisco Discovery Protocol). The goal of LLDP is to provide an inter-vendor compatible mechanism to deliver Link-Layer notifications to adjacent network devices.
This implementation provides LLDP sending and reception, supports VLAN and includes an SNMP subagent that can interface to an SNMP agent through AgentX protocol.
This daemon is also able to deal with CDP, SONMP, FDP and EDP protocol. It also handles LLDP-MED extension.
There are three methods to install lldpd
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 lldpd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install lldpd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install lldpd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install lldpd
using apt
by running the following command:
Install lldpd 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.
After updating apt database, We can install lldpd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall lldpd on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the lldpd
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall lldpd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lldpd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove lldpd Configurations and Data
To remove lldpd
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove lldpd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lldpd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
lldpd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lldpd
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.