How To Install nield on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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 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 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 nield using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nield

How To Uninstall nield on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nield

Remove nield Configurations and Data

To remove nield configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6

References

• nield website

Summary

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