How To Install netstat-nat on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install netstat-nat on Kali Linux.

What is netstat-nat

netstat-nat is:

Netstat-nat is a program that displays Network Address Translations (NAT) connections, managed by netfilter/iptables acting as firewall.

NAT rules are stored in memory. However, the program reads its information from ‘/proc/net/ip_conntrack’, which is the temporary conntrack-storage of netfilter.

There are three methods to install netstat-nat 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 netstat-nat Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install netstat-nat

Install netstat-nat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install netstat-nat

Install netstat-nat 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 netstat-nat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install netstat-nat

How To Uninstall netstat-nat on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the netstat-nat package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove netstat-nat

Uninstall netstat-nat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove netstat-nat

Remove netstat-nat Configurations and Data

To remove netstat-nat configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge netstat-nat

Remove netstat-nat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netstat-nat

Dependencies

netstat-nat have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• netstat-nat website

Summary

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