How To Install nield on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nield on Debian 9.
What is nield
nield is:
nield (Network Interface Events Logging Daemon) is a tool to receive notifications from kernel through netlink socket and generate logs related to NIC interfaces.
Activities as neighbor cache (ARP, NDP), IP address (IPv4, IPv6), routing, FIB rules and traffic control will be logged at a specific file under /var/log directory.
There are three methods to install nield on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nield Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nield using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nield
Install nield Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nield using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nield
Install nield Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install nield using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nield
How To Uninstall nield on Debian 9
To uninstall only the nield package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nield
Uninstall nield And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nield and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nield
Remove nield Configurations and Data
To remove nield configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nield
Remove nield configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nield configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nield
Dependencies
nield have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nield package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.