How To Install logswan on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install logswan on Kali Linux. logswan is fast Web log analyzer using probabilistic data structures

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install logswan on Kali Linux.

What is logswan

logswan is:

This is a fast Web log analyzer using probabilistic data structures. It is targeted at very large log files, typically APIs logs. It has constant memory usage regardless of the log file size, and takes approximatively 4 MB of RAM.

Unique visitors counting is performed using two HyperLogLog counters (one for IPv4, and another one for IPv6), providing a relative accuracy of 0.10%.

There are three methods to install logswan 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 logswan Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install logswan using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install logswan

Install logswan Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install logswan using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install logswan

Install logswan 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install logswan using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install logswan

How To Uninstall logswan on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the logswan package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove logswan

Uninstall logswan And Its Dependencies

To uninstall logswan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove logswan

Remove logswan Configurations and Data

To remove logswan configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge logswan

Remove logswan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove logswan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge logswan

Dependencies

logswan have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install logswan package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.