How To Install netfilter-persistent on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install netfilter-persistent
on Kali Linux.
What is netfilter-persistent
netfilter-persistent is:
This package provides a loader for netfilter configuration using a plugin-based architecture. It can load, flush and save a running configuration. Extending netfilter-persistent with plugins is trivial and can be done in any language.
There are three methods to install netfilter-persistent
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 netfilter-persistent Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install netfilter-persistent
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install netfilter-persistent
Install netfilter-persistent Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install netfilter-persistent
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install netfilter-persistent
Install netfilter-persistent 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 netfilter-persistent
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install netfilter-persistent
How To Uninstall netfilter-persistent on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the netfilter-persistent
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove netfilter-persistent
Uninstall netfilter-persistent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall netfilter-persistent
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove netfilter-persistent
Remove netfilter-persistent Configurations and Data
To remove netfilter-persistent
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge netfilter-persistent
Remove netfilter-persistent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove netfilter-persistent
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netfilter-persistent
Dependencies
netfilter-persistent have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install netfilter-persistent
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.